inflamed

Example Sentences

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"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 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

But differences of opinion over SCiLL have inflamed the broader UNC campus, where pushback is palpable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

On the few times I have risked it, I’ve come home nauseous, and with a pounding headache, itchy red eyes, and lungs that feel inflamed and like they won’t quite fill up all the way.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

He dared not scratch it, because if he did so it always became inflamed.

From "1984" by George Orwell