festered
Example Sentences
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The “ignominy” of missing action, we are told, remained a “badge of shame” that festered for the rest of his life, “driving him to seek reckless vindication” in confrontations with other men of his class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
For years, he lived underground or festered in jail.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
But this issue has festered for years, and rather than point fingers, the district or the city, or both, need to do their jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
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
And with that, he winked, an act that turned the sandwich I’d had the night before into a revolting slime that churned and festered in my stomach.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
