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

“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

Citrus canker can cause the leaves and fruit on citrus trees to drop prematurely and create unappealing lesions on the fruit.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Jesse’s feelings about Leslie’s father poked up like a canker sore.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson