It merely bought time, while problems festered and ideologies of violence took hold. |
Where open wounds festered, the flies were so thick as to make the wound seem to be a writhing metallic black mass. |
The uneven pavement was constructed of badly cracked flagstones and potholed by menacing holes where black water festered from past rain showers. |
Sores festered on her face and arms and a terrible stench clung to the air surrounding her. |
After a six-week period, during which the problem simply festered, the company brought in a crew of scab miners. |
I can assure readers that a piece of spaghetti that has festered in the bottom of a sink for 24 hours looks much the same. |