infest

Example Sentences

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But it's not technically possible for them to infest their own home.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

It’s not all that uncommon for maggots to infest and grow in poorly healing human tissue—it’s called myiasis.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

For example, the oak processionary moth, whose caterpillars infest oak trees, thrive in these shorter cold spells making the oaks more vulnerable to attack from other parasites, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2023

When mites infest a colony, they inflict damage both by living and feeding on bees directly and also by spreading DWV.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

In fact, of the 2,500 kinds of mosquitoes that infest the world, almost 400 of them are capable of transmitting diseases to humans.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy