sores

Example Sentences

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And then, as winter turns to spring, I develop, for the first time, cold sores at the edges of my lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The biotech’s experimental cancer treatment is a genetically engineered version of the Herpes Simplex Virus type 1, the same virus that causes cold sores.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“If I lived in another country, my legs wouldn’t look like this,” she said, rolling up her pants to show the chronic sores on her calves.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The boards also noted that he had permanent brain damage and had suffered huge bed sores.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Patients walked long distances to the outhouse and developed ulcers—oozing, open sores that become progressively worse if left untreated—on their feet.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly