infest in a sentence
pronunciation: [ [ in'fest ] ]
Examples
- Illegally introduced in the 1960s, carp now infest many Australian inland rivers.
- Wound myiasis occurs when fly larvae infest open wounds.
- Around them, birds infest the water while winged fish crawl on land.
- Then the virus infests the gut membrane linings and reproduces within the larvae.
- In the absence of pesticides, aphids and true bugs may infest plants.
- Leprosy and rheumatism, diseases caused by Tlaloc, would infest the village.
- This weevil usually infests palms younger than twenty years.
- They also infests rust cankers caused by " Cronartium " species.
- The species only infests living wood, on which it causes white rot.
- They infest their hosts whilst feeding for short periods.