festering

Example Sentences

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Festering emotions finally erupted in December, when Jones celebrated her first Christmas without her mom.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2022

"Festering makes an angry employee who will leave."

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2013

"Festering in his shell," he is "alone and naked -all alone with The Alone."

From Time Magazine Archive

Festering together in the debris of a realtor’s whim.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Festering wounds are dressed with the chewed leaves or the juice of the tobacco plant, or are washed with a solution of common salt.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)