infested

Example Sentences

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Rats "the same size as a rabbit" have infested a city street where fly-tipping is an ongoing problem, residents say.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

We know in 1845, potato fields — the primary source of food for the poor — became infested with a devastating fungus that destroyed 40% of the crop.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

More bizarre and pernicious ideas are soon oozing from Peter’s every pore, beginning with the belief that the motel room is infested with insects that are feasting on his flesh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Officers and men alike shared their trenches with rats and frogs, with slugs and horned beetles that burrowed into the trench walls, with lice that infested every man’s clothing.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman