abscessed

Example Sentences

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He had a lump on his throat that he thought was just another abscessed tooth.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2017

He had suffered from excruciating bouts with shingles and an abscessed tooth.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2017

I mean the sort of book, song or show that massages your anxiety the way your tongue might insistently probe an abscessed tooth.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2017

He was slowed early in spring training by an abscessed tooth and limited to minor league games the final week of camp with a strained oblique muscle.

From Washington Times • Apr. 3, 2016

His ill humor, I figured, was perhaps due to the abscessed tooth that had been causing him pain for the previous two weeks.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer