Examples of “quarantine” in a Sentence

noun A period of enforced isolation imposed on people, animals, or goods to stop a disease from spreading.

• Travelers arriving from the outbreak zone were placed in quarantine for two weeks.
• The farm was put under quarantine after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
• The dog had to spend several weeks in quarantine before it could enter the country.

verb To isolate someone or something to prevent the spread of disease or contamination.

• Health officials quarantined the entire ship.
• The antivirus software automatically quarantines suspicious files.
• Farmers had to quarantine the sick animals until the vet gave the all-clear.