festering

Example Sentences

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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

Such incidents have resurfaced the Indonesian public’s festering distrust of the police force, said Jacqui Baker, a scholar of Indonesian security and policing at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

True to its name, it reeks of festering flesh, roughly the size and appearance of an exploded tire made of weathered beef jerky.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

It is a bandage on a festering wound.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

It makes me happy in the festering city traffic, even when the lights are green and all the cars remain still.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak