How to Use invade in a Sentence

invade

verb
  • The troops invaded at dawn.
  • When tourists invade, the town is a very different place.
  • Weeds had invaded the garden.
  • The cancer eventually invaded the brain.
  • Bacteria invaded and caused an infection.
  • All the more so when the Arab-state armies invaded in May.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The copies then burst out of the cells and invade other cells, spreading through the body.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The split skin opens the door for fruit-rotting microbes to invade.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2023
  • On one side of the park was the invading Russian army; on the other sat the Ukrainian front line.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2023
  • Toward the end of the film, Russia has invaded Ukraine.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 July 2023
  • As the Upside Down began to invade Hawkins, the camera cut to black.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 2 June 2025
  • It was shut down by the state in 2021, right before the country invaded Ukraine.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2023
  • That same month, the Israeli army made good on their promise to invade Rafah.
    — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Just so, China must be put in the position of first to fire and invade.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The United States is not at war, nor has it been invaded.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 8 Apr. 2025
  • And now that your hood's being invaded by the biggest gang there is, there ain’t a peep out of you.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • But rattlesnakes have been known to invade yards and homes if the conditions are right.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
  • Not when his airspace was invaded, pump-faking and back-cutting his way to the rim.
    — Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Enemies seen are the Fallen, Vex and Hive as the Earth starts to be invaded.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Then, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, the tide started to turn.
    — Byshannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • All of this is subsequent to invading Crimea in 2014 and holding it to this day.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • All of this is subsequent to invading Crimea in 2014 and holding it to this day.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The odds are that the Russian leader doesn’t really want to invade.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
  • What happened to the Jeu de Paume after the Germans invaded Paris in 1940?
    — Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
  • With an army this large, the Pact was able to invade at multiple points, from the Baltic coast down to southern Germany.
    — Michael Peck, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • This causes the cheese to look like the rinds were disappearing as the mold invaded their cheese cave.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 May 2023
  • At the same time, many fear that if Russia does invade, Americans could be stuck.
    — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Fears of a new war in Europe resurge with warnings that Russian troops could soon invade Ukraine.
    — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Fears of a new war in Europe resurge with warnings that Russian troops could soon invade Ukraine.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • This is the latest in a series of public protests by those who don’t want Bezos and his party invading Venice.
    — Rachel McRady, People.com, 26 June 2025

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