Hatred, kept down by fear, festered in the hearts of the children of the soil.
A barked heel had festered and made every other step painful.
As the wound festered and made him loathsome to the army he was left in Lemnos in the first year of the war.
A foul dye-tub was ever reeking in every kitchen chimney corner, a culminating horror in stenches; and vessels of ancient soap grease festered in the outer shed, the grease collected through the winter and waiting for the spring soap-making.
My festered knee's broke out again," was the reply.
The very name of Fingal was hateful to him; it was a plague-spot on his peace that festered there incurably.
Nevertheless it festered and rankled in her, and now and then the thought crossed her--why not take a flint and a bit of tow, and burn them all in their beds as they slept in that little hollow at the foot of the hill?
But Ajax saw nothing but what had festered so long in his own mind.
All this time, however, the memory of that dirty trick he had helped to play upon an honest gentleman, festered in his memory.
Temple's soul festered with spite, and Pitt's swelled into contempt.
Not only did the scars remain; the sore places often festered and bled afresh.
He lives, lady, but he is not well, for the wound in his thigh has festered and he cannot walk, or even stand.
I knew I had done the right thing; like a canker, my resentment festered when in his company.
These mental pictures, depicting that which "should be," stuck in my mind and festered there.
I had not honestly let the matter drop, for it had festered in my mind since its occurrence, and bid me forego further assignments with that family.
But the nilkanth bird pecked and pecked at the jackal's tail until it not only pecked itself loose but hurt the tail so much that it became festered and swollen.
A festered hand makes me awkward; and as I wind a bandage round it and tie it with my teeth, I once more wish I was a Belgian refugee, as I am sure I would be interesting, and would get things done for me!
About the dank pools that festered over the surface of the earth, fungus growths began to cluster.
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