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Example sentences for: festering

How can you use “festering” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Political Bill wants it as a festering issue.
"Covered with festering sores, of course."
Gut instinct tells me there are underlying problems festering that make her mean.
The paper said that the north Sumatran province of Aceh "long a festering sore on the Indonesian body politic, is now an open wound."