festered
Example Sentences
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But an uneasy tension festered behind the fanfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
No amount of martyrdom can save his legacy from succumbing to the rot he festered.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025
Peace proposals and presidents have come and gone but the problems have festered.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Resentment festered in the meantime, as Bush and his peers questioned why the school hadn’t fought harder to defend him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
