infested

Example Sentences

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The owner of the veterinary clinic arrived at work at 6:30 a.m. and found the dog, which was “extremely malnourished,” infested with fleas and missing a tooth, Spitzer said.

From Los Angeles Times

For a few years, they lived in a home that was infested with mold, which aggravated his brother’s asthma and forced them to leave.

From Seattle Times

Many had scabies, untreated hernia and pneumonia, and were infested lice.

From Los Angeles Times

"Summers in Crown Heights at a Chassidic day camp, followed by years living in a room infested with cockroaches, and then a cramped basement apartment while attending high school."

From Salon

Those without a place to go also have complained that the city’s emergency housing shelter in a remote area west of Albuquerque is dangerous, unsanitary and infested with black mold.

From Seattle Times