How to Use vaccinate in a Sentence

vaccinate

verb
  • We vaccinate all the animals that come to our shelter.
  • This is also the guy who told people not to wear masks, not to lock down, not to get vaccinated.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The owner would be required to vaccinate and microchip Buster, the city said in a letter to the owner on May 17.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
  • If people of color did not take their kids to the doctor and didn’t vaccinate them, CPS would be there.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Public health experts say the best way to reduce the spread of measles is to get vaccinated.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • More than half of those with long Covid had been fully vaccinated.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Users can save a certificate or a QR code that proves they are vaccinated.
    Devi Shastri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
  • But Schaffner said some Americans just need a bit of a push to get vaccinated.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Firstly, adults over 60 will be able to get vaccinated.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In his briefing, Ouma said the target for Africa remains to vaccinate 70% of the population.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The best way to prevent chickenpox is to be vaccinated.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Less than 20% of the people who were vaccinated reported a fever after the second dose.
    Geetika Gupta, Verywell Health, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Aho and Ohlsen encouraged Alaskans in that age group to talk to their doctor about the benefits and risks of getting vaccinated.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Is there any reason to even hold onto the physical proof that you’ve been vaccinated?
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Some stores might offer you a deal for getting vaccinated, too.
    Michelle Marchante Miami Herald (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Europe and the United States have been able to vaccinate at-risk communities.
    Fox News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Most of the cases were among young people who were not vaccinated, and most outbreaks occur in groups of people who are not up to date on their vaccines.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But, anyone can get the measles vaccine, including adults who weren’t vaccinated as a child.
    Korin Miller, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
  • While most people have been vaccinated in some form, many haven’t received the latest version.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, Bolsonaro told reporters he had not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and that his vaccination card had not been tampered with.
    Tara John, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That's on top of the 7.1 percent who reported they were already vaccinated.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • People who have been vaccinated should wait at least two months after their last Covid shot before getting the new booster.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • State data shows that around 8% of kindergartners in Broward County are not vaccinated for measles.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Health workers will be sent to vaccinate disabled older people at home.
    Raffaele Huang, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The Centers for Disease Control urges people to get vaccinated since the virus itself poses a much larger health risk than the vaccine.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • As such, many caregivers don't feel any urgency about vaccinating their kids against HPV.
    Cyra-Lea Drummond, Bsn, Rn, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2023
  • This may further hamstring efforts to vaccinate the youngest Americans, which are already off to an abysmal start.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Though cleared to immigrate to the United States, the family stayed in Islamabad for the next few months until Athar could be vaccinated ahead of her long airplane flight.
    Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • People who vaccinate and mask tend to cluster, Amin told me, which means that not all American experiences of winter will be the same.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Adults aged 27 through 45 years who were not already vaccinated may decide to get the HPV vaccine after speaking with their doctor.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023

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