festered
Example Sentences
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But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
For years, he lived underground or festered in jail.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
No amount of martyrdom can save his legacy from succumbing to the rot he festered.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
This zinging back-and-forth is also in evidence in the film, in which these sisters metaphorically tear each other apart and then try to heal the wounds that have festered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 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
