Wondering how to use Contagious in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as infectious or catching.
Contagious in a sentence
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Contagious meaning
- Easily transmitted to others.
- Easily passed on to others.
- Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
Synonyms of Contagious
Using Contagious
- The main meaning on this page is: Easily transmitted to others. | Easily passed on to others. | Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
- Useful related words include: infectious, catching, communicable, contractable.
- In the example corpus, contagious often appears in combinations such as: highly contagious, contagious and, is contagious.
Context around Contagious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contagious
- In this selection, "contagious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, highly, become, extra, disease, deadly and suggesting stand out and add context to how "contagious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a highly contagious deadly victorian, a highly contagious disease and and highly contagious. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contagious" sits close to words such as aaa, admittedly and apron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contagious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Contagious diseases are obviously a societal concern. (7 words)
Covid: Paxlovid rebound can be contagious even with no symptoms, says. (11 words)
A particularly deadly one, is highly contagious and doesn't respond to treatment. (13 words)
Demmer said it’s hard to know exactly when people become contagious and just how contagious they are, especially since many of the Gophers’ cases have shown mild to no symptoms, but it’s likely within two to three days of infection. (42 words)
Before the episode ends, Shetty turns around and asks Cardosa if the virus is something they can make contagious, suggesting Shetty wants the virus to kill all supes instead of allowing someone—likely Vought—to control them. (37 words)
Betty Spaghetti is said to have a “contagious enthusiasm” for life and is either extremely active and whizzing about everywhere or is upside down on her duvet getting 40 winks. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Demmer said it’s hard to know exactly when people become contagious and just how contagious they are, especially since many of the Gophers’ cases have shown mild to no symptoms, but it’s likely within two to three days of infection.
He’s blaming you for the fact that a highly contagious disease remains highly contagious.
The term super-spreader is generally used to refer to a patient who is extra contagious, and not a potential patient who could turn contagious.
If you’ve got positive energy it can be contagious and if you’ve got negative energy it can be contagious.
However, this specialized connotation of the word "contagious" and "contagious disease" (easy transmissibility) is not always respected in popular use.
A particularly deadly one, is highly contagious and doesn't respond to treatment.
A sudden spike in cases of a highly contagious, deadly Victorian disease has been reported in the UK.
Before the episode ends, Shetty turns around and asks Cardosa if the virus is something they can make contagious, suggesting Shetty wants the virus to kill all supes instead of allowing someone—likely Vought—to control them.
Betty Spaghetti is said to have a “contagious enthusiasm” for life and is either extremely active and whizzing about everywhere or is upside down on her duvet getting 40 winks.
Brush your teeth twice a day for a full two minutes, floss daily, and use mouthwash to help avoid the contagious bacteria.
But a ‘highly pathogenic’ strain is highly contagious and deadly to domestic poultry.
Caleb came up with his own in reference to his brother, “Be Strong and Courageous and let your smile be Contagious”.
Capturing the ensemble’s contagious, often humorous, and very visual (check out his flashy suits and the background singer’s coordinated moves) vibe in the studio has been more difficult.
Cholera is a highly contagious disease and is often reported in areas without clean water and proper sanitation.
Contagious diseases are obviously a societal concern.
Covid: Paxlovid rebound can be contagious even with no symptoms, says.
Her energy and her love for writing and reading was just contagious,” Gray said.
His family will fondly remember him by his contagious sense of humor and his ability to assign each of them silly nicknames.
If Brent Cline is right, the fun the cast of “Dear Santa” is having rehearsing the holiday play could be contagious.
If society is less willing to interact with suicidal individuals, that only spins the wheel of stigma while neglecting to respectfully understand the contagious elements of behavior.
Phrases with contagious
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with contagious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- highly contagious 40×
- contagious and 27×
- is contagious 21×
- be contagious 16×
- contagious disease 14×
- contagious virus 12×
- more contagious 11×
- the contagious 8×
- contagious diseases 7×
- most contagious 6×