blister
Example Sentences
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Built-in bookshelves ran along this false wall, old, sagging shelves whose blistered wood bore the same water stains as the wall behind them.
From Literature
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I even got used to my blisters, to my freezing hands and ears, and my numb feet.
From Literature
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Fourteen years later, Pierce scored at a blistering pace, yet because someone had stolen his jersey, he played a portion of the game with the name “McCoy” on the back.
From Los Angeles Times
With dripping hair and chattering teeth, they huddled over it, moaning as it thawed their hands and blistered their faces.
From Literature
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The library was housed in the top floors of the Metropolitan Building, but I avoided the elevators and took the stairs down the eight flights to ground level, ignoring the still-raw blisters on my feet.
From Literature
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