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