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

"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

These things—the sickly sweet baby shit smell of the festering diapers, the bowl of oranges and the gold tree—blend in my mind into an image of ultrasophistication.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood