sores

Example Sentences

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And then, as winter turns to spring, I develop, for the first time, cold sores at the edges of my lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She improved, went home, then started developing a rash, a high fever and sores in her mouth.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The biotech’s experimental cancer treatment is a genetically engineered version of the Herpes Simplex Virus type 1, the same virus that causes cold sores.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Because it appears to accelerate repair, SerpinB3 could eventually be developed into a therapy for chronic, hard-to-heal wounds, such as pressure sores and other ulcers that close only very slowly over time.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

They burned holes in the air, wrote poems of love, sucked the venom from sores, painted landscapes of gloom, and made metal sing; they dissected fire like newts.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson