1 And the infectious poison of that sin had been thus rapidly diffused throughout his moral system.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE 2 Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.
3 The simple-hearted Marya Yevgenyevna simply roared with laughter at everything absurd the prince said, and his jokes made Varenka helpless with feeble but infectious laughter, which was something Kitty had never seen before.
4 Veslovsky was laughing his infectious, good-humored laugh.
5 "This is not a lying-in home, but a hospital for the sick, and is intended for all diseases, except infectious complaints," he said.
6 The vagary of Timothy Fairway was infectious.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 7 Indeed, his mood was infectious, for I lay tossing half the night myself, brooding over this strange problem, and inventing a hundred theories, each of which was more impossible than the last.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty 8 "I don't see how they can help it," returned Mr. Brooke, laughing so infectiously that Mrs. March could not help smiling.