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
Old manuscripts are usually infested with woodworms, silverfish or “other microscopic creatures with a love of paper.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
You dance like the church is roach infested and it's your job to step on them all.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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