Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: immune
IPA transcription: [,ɪmj'un]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: immune
    Meaning: a person who is immune to a particular infection
Usage examples
  • I had gotten them immune to it.
  • Lady Arabella's cold nature rendered her immune to anything in the way of pain or trouble concerning others.
  • Most people with whom Vladimir came in contact found his high spirits infectious, but his present hostess was guaranteed immune against infection of that sort.
  • Those so excited somehow seemed to feel themselves immune. Feather chattered about "Zepps" as if bombs could only wreak their vengeance upon coast towns and the lower orders.
  • There are lots of diseases that our forefathers used to regard as necessarily fatal that nowadays we look upon as mere trifles, because people can be put physically into such a condition that they are practically immune to their ravages."
  • In fact, she had such confidence in her method of treating it, that she would not have Georgia and me vaccinated while the epidemic prevailed, insisting that if we should take the disease she could nurse us through it without disfigurement, and we would thenceforth be immune.