cankerous

Example Sentences

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On the surface, this collaboration with Troye Sivan features nonsensical, distorted lyrics about zooming on a jet ski and heavy on the cankerous noises.

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2019

I admire the trickery of his work, the cankerous skin, which is nice and grungy.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016

The conscience of France may sometimes have seemed quiet, but it has also been deeply troubled by the cankerous, six-year war in Algeria.

From Time Magazine Archive

Arriving in Belfast for a "learn-and-listen" visit, British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling heard enough to convince him that the new Tory government had inherited a cankerous problem.

From Time Magazine Archive

The accelerated advance of Dimitrijevic through the ranks serves proof of the growing influence of his cankerous outfit.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel