All 10 Uses of
virus
in
Main Street
- I have the Village Virus.†
Chpt 13 *
- The Village Virus is the germ which—it's extraordinarily like the hook-worm—it infects ambitious people who stay too long in the provinces.†
Chpt 13
- They elaborately glanced away, and were relieved as he went on: "The diagnosis of my Village Virus is simple enough.†
Chpt 13
- But I guess the Village Virus had me already.†
Chpt 13
- Then I found that the Village Virus had me, absolute: I didn't want to face new streets and younger men—real competition.†
Chpt 13
- The Village Virus.†
Chpt 13
- The Village Virus.†
Chpt 16
- She would be an authentic part of the town, yet escape the coma of the Village Virus….†
Chpt 17
- She pictured, and ridiculed, herself as walking up to him and remarking, "I am sick with the Village Virus.†
Chpt 28
- The Village Virus—the village virtuousness.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(virus in biology) a tiny organism that causes disease (by using the cellular reproductive machinery of the organism it invades)editor's notes: Although viruses contain genetic information, they must use an invaded cell's reproductive machinery to reproduce.