Sample Sentences for
bacteria
(editor-reviewed)

Show 3 more sentences
  • •
    ...he hoped, that he didn't get any of the bad bacteria.  (source)
    bacteria = tiny organisms so small it takes a microscope to see them
  • •
    I know a lot about bacteria and germs, so this is all very challenging for me.  (source)
    bacteria = microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
  • •
    They can develop into new types of bacteria that the drugs don't affect.  (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 6 word variations
  • •
    Which means that I have maybe, like, no more of a soul than the bacteria do.  (source)
    bacteria = living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them
  • •
    Bacterial activity, certain nutrients provided by animal life, etc. None of that is happening on Mars.  (source)
    Bacterial = related to microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
  • •
    Even a single cilium on a bacterium would include several billion protons.†  (source)
    editor's notes: Bacteria, the plural form of this word is used much more commonly than the singular form and is even used to represent the singular form. Many Latin words that end in "um" are made plural by changing the "um" to "a"--such as bacterium to bacteria millennium to millennia, and curriculum to curricula. In modern writing, changing the "um" to "ums" is also accepted for many Latin words ending in um, but not for any of those listed above.
  • •
    "Like antibacterial hand soap for kids," I ventured.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "anti-" in antibacterial means against or opposite. This is the same pattern you see in words like antiviral, antiaircraft, and antisocial.
  • •
    That was a piece of cake next to guns and gangs and sexually transmitted diseases, not to mention the things parents had to be concerned about: pedophiles on the Web, designer drugs like ecstasy, school shootings, anorexia, bulimia, self-mutilation, the ozone layer, superbacteria.†  (source)
  • •
    All day long he poured a solution of red ink from one test-tube into another, with his microscope carefully examined nothing at all, and answered the questions of persons who wished to know how you put bacterias to death once you had caught them swimming about.†  (source)
    editor's notes: Bacteria is typically used in place of this.
  • •
    Germs and viruses and bacteria excite him.  (source)
    bacteria = microorganisms (living creatures so small it takes a microscope to see them)
  • •
    Your immune system hasn't been exposed to a lifetime of common viruses and bacterial infections.†  (source)
  • •
    Oil infected by this bacterium was just as unstable as phosphorus.†  (source)
  • •
    He gives one to Christina, Peter, and me, along with an individually packaged antibacterial wipe, something I suspect only Amar will bother with.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)