festering

Example Sentences

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This has been a festering issue not only for the industry but also for consumers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

At a recent meeting of Save Our Domes, a local environmental group, a member described the proposed mines as “equivalent to a huge festering boil on the face of a family member.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

It is a bandage on a festering wound.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

His comments wiggled a finger in a wound which has been festering for some fans of top-flight football this season - the idea that the Premier League has become boring.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

In fact, housing was a fundamental and perennial concern, dating back to slavery days, a festering sore which was often decried by community leaders, white and black, but which never seemed to heal.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson