Suspicion and fear have infected the political climate here like a deadly virus.

But the fear had infected him; the wrongness of this whole setup had finally penetrated.

I'm damned well certain that the big shot there is afraid of something he can't understand, and his fear has infected his troops, right down to the ordinary soldiers.

Her fear has infected everyone.

Khetala's fear was infecting Jana, but she didn't want to show it.

Del's fear had infected him, and his heart raced as he was overwhelmed by a sense of impending assault.

And finally, the fear of poison gas had infected the Iranian lines with the specter of an intangible, dreaded enemy.

Tanis asked, feeling the elf's fear infect him like a plague.

As AIDS and the fear of it increasingly infect the nation, a new movement toward safer sexual practices is starting to gather momentum among heterosexuals.

For if you allow yourself the luxury of normal fear that fear will infect those who must work with you.