How to Use immune in a Sentence

immune

adjective
Definition of immunenext
Synonyms for immunenext
  • But even a movie star isn’t immune from the Phoenix heat.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
  • Masks are back in the news, and even the president isn't immune.
    — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Restaurants have not been immune to the effects of the heat wave, as well.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • No team in the NFL at this point in the season is immune to injuries.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The winner of that will be the only person immune from the vote.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Even so, the brand isn’t immune to trends that keep it at the top of everyone’s minds.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Plasma is part of the blood and it's involved in immune functions.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The early hero of the playoffs, Devin Booker, wasn’t immune.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Why are men largely immune from so many of the same concerns?
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But the Grand Canyon state is not immune to extreme weather events.
    — Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But even those with a plan were not immune to the impacts of the financial vortex.
    — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Teaching the body’s immune cells to recognize and fight cancer is one of the holy grails in medicine.
    — Gregory Allen, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2022
  • No one is immune from fanning out over the Olympics, not even Taylor Swift.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Even Chip and Joanna Gaines aren't immune to a little teen angst.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Like the rest of the country, Whitefish has not been immune to price increases.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But even the provocative purveyor of $800 T-shirts isn’t immune to the cowboy myth.
    — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
  • This could mean that the XBB.1.5 may be better able to get past your immune defenses.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.
    — Ruby Cramer, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • What’s more, other work had shown the variant involved, known as CBD103, played a role in the immune systems of dogs.
    — Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But even Death Valley — one of the most extreme places on the planet — is not immune to climate change.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Using the body’s own immune cells as anticancer agents has long been part of this dream.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • But no human is immune to the emotional ebbs and flows life has to offer.
    — Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
  • This swing in your immune function may be enough to leave you vulnerable to the virus du jour.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Research has shown that between 70% and 80% of our immune cells reside in our gut.
    — Julia Craven, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The stakes go sky-high when it's revealed that this teen is somehow immune to the zombie-like plague and may very well be the key to finding a cure.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2023
  • But not even experienced divers are immune from the risks.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
  • Ho says these results could change with time, as immune cells mature.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Some people who live on farms or have been exposed to dairy for a long time may have some immune resistance to the pathogens in raw milk.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 20 July 2023
  • While bone marrow cells, immune cells, and skin cells can be taken out of the body to administer gene therapy, that won’t work when the main problem is in the cardiovascular system (as in progeria) or the brain (as in many rare genetic diseases).
    — Francis Collins, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Sleeping well and enough: Good sleep is foundational to health, aiding everything from immune function to mental clarity.
    — Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

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