What is "spreads"

Usage examples of "spreads".

Whenever, in a wild population, a t allele happens to arise by mutation, it immediately spreads like a brushfire.

The burden of war and of the Federal blockade spreads through the entire Confederacy and inspires Lee and Davis to consider a bold and decisive strategy.

Though he is qualified for positions that become available in the local government, the political turmoil that spreads through the Midwest requires great skill at intrigue and political connections, and Grant has neither.

Underneath it spreads out and goes down for miles in a dozen pressure zones.

This evil spreads across our land as if some monster strides, leaving foul death in every footprint as it passes.

Our own have no mention of such a thing nor how it can be fought, but it spreads and this land is threatened.

Naturally, as the disease spreads, the entire brain switches off, unable to send even the signals to keep the heart beating and the lungs filling.

It can be a cold feeling that you swallow, that rolls down your throat and spreads into your chest.

The rash first develops as tiny pink spots in the throat and mouth and typically spreads to the face and forearms, then to the trunk and legs.

Once a person has been infected, we know how the disease spreads to others: by direct body contact with infected blood or body fluids, such as sweat, saliva, or semen.

If the infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms such as headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or convulsions may occur.

Immediately, his neighbours follow suit, and a wave of price cutting spreads over the country.