verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Disputes between environmentalists and loggers have been festering for decades.
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The animal parts were allowed to fester in the hot sun.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A festering inflammation on his foot kept him from joining the Capuchin order.
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Deep in the interstices of daily life, no doubt, frustrations gnawed at him and resentments festered.
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Gone too are sources of social difficulty, human reminders of festering disagreements and failed love affairs.
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It was clear to everyone that it would only aggravate the festering wound.
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Our eyes joined across the metres of festering carpet.
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The insider-trading case also revisits a long festering controversy.
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The school toilet was a festering, diseased shed at the ravine's edge.