canker

Example Sentences

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As humans, we are nothing if not fascinated by our own bodies, whether that’s picking a scab, prodding a canker sore or popping a pimple.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024

When I searched online for COVID-19 and canker sores, there were numerous hits.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

“There is a canker that Miss Havisham has allowed, welcomed even, in her heartbreak and desire for revenge.”

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

As instances of this nature may be mentioned English potato scab, silver scurf, chestnut blight disease and citrus canker, specimens of all of which had been secured by correspondence or requests for mycological assistance.

From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2023

I guess I developed some kind of canker sores in my intestines because of the Merrick’s, and filth leaked out into the rest of my body.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson