festering

Example Sentences

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Behind Altman’s “code red” declaration, however, are tensions between camps inside the company that have been festering for years, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Ray’s mysterious and fraught history as a member of the British military during the Troubles is a festering boil this film will eventually lance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

True to its name, it reeks of festering flesh, roughly the size and appearance of an exploded tire made of weathered beef jerky.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

The festering resentments blew up by the late 1980s.

From Slate • May 14, 2025

To her horror, the place where the needle had entered was swollen, dark-green and festering yellowly.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith