Sentence examples for seems infected from inspiring English sources

On occasion, the biography seems infected by Stannard's having dwelt so long amid the narrative vagaries of his subject.

At times, he seems infected by 1890s-style prose: "His manners were a tad artificial but nonetheless exquisite".

Mr. Ball himself seems infected with an intelligent and observant sadness -- perhaps caused in part by his family's vehement response to his book.

(The star of "Use Me," Evie, makes a cameo in "Blueprints" as a "black-clad hipster mom" who seems "infected by sadness").

Elise's consciousness, for example, acquires a "This, or no, that" pattern which seems not truly hers but that of her jittery husband, whose manic energy in turn seems infected by the jumpiness of the narrative itself.

Unfortunately these interludes also underline the gray dourness of 1940s Britain, and of the main narrative itself, which in tone and diction seems infected with its own kind of wartime austerity.

As for Schalk Burger, his protestations served only to highlight that even good people seem infected with the virus that makes hands wander into eyes.

Meanwhile, French folks, particularly young ones, seem infected by the British urge to binge drink, as chronicled in recent British newspaper articles noting with some pride that this most vulgar of excesses has found an unlikely export market in Paris.

On a chilly January morning, the maidan is covered in litter; around its edge, the homeless sleep under makeshift shelters, warmed by little bonfires of rubbish; pigs sift empty plastic bags; even the children half-heartedly playing cricket seem infected by the air of rot and neglect.

As I thought about how to approach this elephant of a subject, my mind meandered back to great teachers I have known--there were many I could recall because I have been fortunate in having teachers in all areas from physics to poetry who, almost physically it seemed, infected me with their enthusiasm--and I asked myself: Why did I find them inspiring?

At times, he seemed infected by McCain's lethargy.