festering

Example Sentences

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Behind Altman’s “code red” declaration, however, are tensions between camps inside the company that have been festering for years, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Hedda wears bullet-like strands of pearls that choke her neck and a jade-colored gown that seems to molder into a festering, jealous shade of green.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

"I think that's always a big festering ground for horror to make statements," she says.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

It is a bandage on a festering wound.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

To her horror, the place where the needle had entered was swollen, dark-green and festering yellowly.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith