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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Fears of a new war in Europe resurge with warnings that Russian troops could soon invade Ukraine.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Which is to regress in time, to invade childhood or injustice.
    — Ilana Luna, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • Early this month, three homes were invaded in as many days.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Melanoma is less common but more likely to invade tissues and spread to other parts of the body, according to the AAD.
    — Amy McGorry, Fox News, 5 July 2023
  • The terms are almost exactly the same as the ceasefire in 2006 — the last time Israel invaded Lebanon.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the burger wars, Shake Shack invaded Los Angeles years ago from the east.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And when someone tried to invade it, there was only one response.
    — Keith Gessen, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Oil prices, which soared last year when Russia invaded Ukraine, could do so again.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • The strike is one of the deadliest to hit the city since Russia invaded in February 2022.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
  • To step on someone’s shoes is to invade their space, their freedom, their sense of self, and to do so is dangerous to the stepper.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The White House says the meeting will only happen if Russia does not invade Ukraine.
    — Vanessa Gera, ajc, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Brody’s 2003 Oscar win came a few days after the U.S. invaded Iraq.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024

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