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How to use infest in a sentence

26 example sentences · verb, adjective, noun

Infest means to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. Example: “Insects are infesting my basement!”

Examples of infest by meaning

verbTo inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

  • Insects are infesting my basement!

More sentences with infest

  • The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before being inhabitable again.From the entry thorough
  • Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.From the entry bedbug
  • “A nanite cluster has infested the resort, consuming metal to self-replicate.2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (0:48 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5…. From the entry nanite
  • That triangle of tangled undergrowth was infested with clothes-grabbing burdocks (“buzzies” we called them) and beggar's ticks.2015, Jim Bennet, South End Boy: Growing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s, →ISBN. From the entry buzzie
  • Lucuma salicifolia (canistal) and Micropholis mexicana (wild apricot) are the most infested fruit species.2013, Martin Aluja, Fruit Flies: Biology and Management, page 384. From the entry fructification
  • We must CLEANSE Enroth of the Goblin scum that has infested it!1998 May 29, Gorgeous George, “Re: Little disturbed by killing minorities in MM6”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry greeny
  • For infested areas, use any of the anticockroach systems currently available.1992, Allen, Missy, Peissel, Michel, 1937-2011, Dangerous insects, page 41. From the entry anticockroach
  • Sequence of premature loss of winter hair on moose infested with Dermacentor albipictus.1989, W.M. Samuel, “Locations of Moose in Northwestern Canada with Hair Loss Probably Caused by the Winter Tick, Dermacentor albipictus…. From the entry ghost moose
  • More recently, sudden oak death, oak decline, beech wilt, sweet chestnut blight and horse chestnut canker have infested Europe’s forests.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 296. From the entry sudden oak death
  • However, infested trees are seldom if ever harmed.2012, David V. Alford, “Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Sawflies and Wasps)”, in Pests of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Flowers: A Color…. From the entry spangle
  • Bleaching and stippling on viburnum foliage infested with greenhouse thrips.2004, Steve H. Dreistadt, Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest Management Guide, Picture caption, page 157. From the entry thrips
  • Bryobias infest the leaves and unripe fruits.2002, “Date Palm”, in Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics, 1st edition, Naturland e.V., archived from the original on 12 Aug…. From the entry bryobia
  • Out of the total ravines lands in Rajasthan nearly 4.02 lac hectares has been estimated under dacoid infested ravine land.1980, Hari Shanker Sharma, Ravine erosion in India, Concept Pub. Co.. From the entry dacoid
  • Mites and ticks also infest the woodchuck.1966, w.j. schoonmaker, The world of the woodchuck, page 36. From the entry mangelike
  • Very mountainous region; poor roads; little intercommunication; bandit infested.1928, Methodist Episcopal Church. Board of Foreign Missions, Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal…. From the entry Tatien
  • That incident, the story of Xenu, is an extremely important incident theologically, because it explains why everyone is infested with body thetans here on earth.2008, Michael Streeter, Behind Closed Doors: The Power and Influence of Secret Societies, New Holland Publishers, page 219. From the entry Xenu
  • Most parts of Northern India and Jammu are infested with Oonts and in the dry sandy regions of Rajasthan and Kutch Oonts proliferate.1969, C. L Proudfoot, “All about Oonts”, in The LOH (Lady of the House), Bombay: Thacker, →OCLC, page 78. From the entry oont
  • Infested districts are proclaimed by the Governor, and thereupon a rabbit board shall be constituted to carry out the provisions of the Act.1909, The Legislation of the Empire: Being a Survey of the Legislative Enactments of the British Dominions from 1898 to 1907, volume 1…. From the entry rabbit board
  • Cattle (Bos taurus) present a more complex case; they are infested by three anoplurans and one mallophagan, and attention to generic morphologic characteristics is required for their differentiation.2009, Dwight D. Bowman, Jay R. Georgi, Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians, page 34. From the entry anopluran
  • Species living in dung are probably of greater importance because they prey on pestiferous flies infesting accumulations of animal waste in cattle pastures and poultry farms.2006, Arthur V. Evans, Field Guide to Beetles of California, page 80. From the entry clown beetle
  • These growers had been harvesting cypress spurge infested hay and selling it for animal food or as construction hay, perhaps assisting the spread of cypress spurge to new areas.2002, “Cypress Spurge”, in Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States, page 205. From the entry cypress spurge
  • But some of them are multiplying fast, and those dismissed as trivial today, because they only infest a few road verges, may well turn into triffids tomorrow.1999, Tim Low, Feral Future: The Untold Story of Australia's Exotic Invaders, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN. From the entry triffid
  • Pandora's box of holocausts gracefully cruising satellite infested heavens, waiting, the season of the button, the penultimate migration, radioactive perfumes for the fashionably, for the terminally, insane.1984, “Fugazi”, in Fish (lyrics), Fugazi, performed by Marillion. From the entry button
  • The remaining insects included larvae of midges, soldier-flies, horse-flies, may-flies, a hymenopteron, and a bird louse, of a species (Lipeurus squalidus) known to infest the Shoveller.1922, John Charles Phillips, A Natural History of the Ducks. From the entry hymenopteron
  • There are cases where more than one species of chewing louse may infest the same host species and the lice may prefer living on specific parts of the host's body.2003, William S. Romoser, “Chapter 3: Introduction to ArthropodsSystematis, Behavior and Ecology”, in B.F. Eldridge, J.D. Edman, editors…. From the entry chewing louse

Meaning of infest

  1. verb To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
  2. verb To invade a host plant or animal.
  3. adjective Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

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Questions about infest in a sentence

How do you use infest in a sentence?
Infest is used as a verb, adjective and noun. For example: “Insects are infesting my basement!”
What is a short sentence with infest?
“Insects are infesting my basement!”
What does infest mean?
Infest means to inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

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