fester

Example Sentences

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The company is “kind of letting it fester now,” with the potential for the narrative to drag into next week, he added.

From MarketWatch

Complex trade and border issues were at the heart of the problem, and the issue festered for years, frustrating one British prime minister after another.

From Washington Post

For women juggling multiple roles – and expected to do them all with aplomb, exhaustion and frustration can fester within.

From Salon

By that point, many of the issues that would ultimately cause its demise had been already begun festering.

From New York Times

But secrets fester, grow bigger and inevitably burst with the resonance of truth, as they do in “A Thousand and One,” the debut feature of writer/director A.V.

From Los Angeles Times