inflamed

Example Sentences

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I spent years tired and inflamed, but no one connected the dots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"My skin was hot, so inflamed and red. It began to crack and ooze, and the itch was bone deep. It consumed my whole body, and then it began to consume my whole life."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The attacks, which targeted U.S. military bases and critical infrastructure, will have inflamed old tensions between Gulf states and Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The team found that immune cells themselves have their own glycocalyx and actively shed part of this sugar layer to move out of the blood and into inflamed skin in conditions such as psoriasis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Behind the moustache there lived an inflamed and savage face with a deeply corrugated brow that indicated a very limited intelligence.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl