festering

Example Sentences

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The insanity of investing in a new playground when a dozen festering issues make the park unsafe should be crystal clear to one and all.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

At a recent meeting of Save Our Domes, a local environmental group, a member described the proposed mines as “equivalent to a huge festering boil on the face of a family member.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

"I think that's always a big festering ground for horror to make statements," she says.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

It is a bandage on a festering wound.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

Red cloths were hung up upon their doors to mark their festering and convalescence.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson