festered
Example Sentences
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But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
McCartney said confusion over the break-up had festered because the band's new manager Allen Klein - with whom he refused to align - said he had needed time to tie up some financial loose ends.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024
Resentment festered in the meantime, as Bush and his peers questioned why the school hadn’t fought harder to defend him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
Wilson’s lead is a working-class Black man, a former Negro league superstar whose dreams festered when baseball’s color barrier prevented him from rising into the big leagues.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
The beaches are clean where once they festered with fish guts and flies.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
