Example Sentences

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In the morning—before my aching knee and bulging blisters relegated my saunter to a limp—a 32-mile walk around Manhattan sounded like a good way to spend the first Saturday in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Generally, people with the infection have painful lumps, blisters of swollen skin - but he had no obvious signs, with what looked like burns appearing on his foot only after it had taken hold.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

If blisters are the cost of doing business, so be it.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

Foot-and-mouth causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding, as seen in the emaciated survivors.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The 22-pound bergen backpack that he had been forced to wear cut into his shoulders and had rubbed blisters into his back.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz