Verb (used with object) : Malice festered his spirit.    From Dictionary.com. 

Even if scars form, the festering is ever below.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mercy: Summary and book reviews of A Mercy by Toni Morrison.] Reference

It was the kind of festering sore better left undisturbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trunk Music]

COOPER: Really, because I mean, this is kind of festering, especially among some Republicans and on a lot of conservative radio and stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2008] Reference

One man was covered in festering sores.    From Wordnik.com.  [A MAN SENT FROM GOD] Reference

What of the biased attitudes "festering" among Singaporeans?.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAYonline] Reference

I awoke one morning to find the Saturday papers "festering" with Jasper.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher] Reference

Some of us don't have the same kind of festering sick humor you seem to have.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference

Why won't anybody listen to me? "she said, recalling her festering frustration during the 18 months since the accident.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheDenverChannel.com - Local News] Reference

It was overgrown and smelled like things were festering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mutterings] Reference

At last, she was about to get rid of her festering sore!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

The incident left a festering bitterness among students and faculty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sailing Through Troubled Seas] Reference

Salinas had ignored the festering problem, but Zedillo made it worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [How It All Went South] Reference

(A: Green Lantern's ring, and the festering mind of out-of-touch politicians!).    From Wordnik.com.  [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference

The appendage which held me is lying on the ground, festering and boiling away.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference

Writing position papers and curing festering social problems are two different things.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Left Meets Right] Reference

Both operas ridicule 1950s suburban middle-class life, festering with domestic unease.    From Wordnik.com.  [In performance: Bernstein and Bolcom at the InSeries] Reference

Cardinal Law's resignation last week lanced a festering boil; it will not heal the wound.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary: The Wound Is Not Healed] Reference

But a war they fought in 1962 and a festering border dispute make them wary of each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [India Protests China's Refusal to Give Visa to Indian Army General] Reference

And what's festering underneath is a culture war that is ripping the heart from the soul of America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew-Lee Erlbach: Culture War: 1, Ground: Zero] Reference

South Ossetia was a festering conflict left over from the chaotic days of the Soviet Union's breakup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Collision Course] Reference

Perhaps Spertzel and Patrick have a festering need to settle old scores with Dr. Germ and her cohorts.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Can Iraq Do?] Reference

It will be even more difficult to lessen the resentments festering on both sides of the ethnic barrier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minority Against Minority] Reference

Quite apart from errant missiles and bombs, every festering conflict will also ultimately have its "My Lai's.".    From Wordnik.com.  [M. Salahuddin Khan: Wikileaks Reveal Cover-Ups and Under-Reported Cases of Civilian Losses in Afghanistan] Reference

"It is primarily a matter of neglect by governments in the region of problems that have been festering for decades.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Right Man For Latam?] Reference

No longer just a medical problem, AIDS has become a pock on the social order, a festering emblem of countless other ills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aids The Next Ten Years] Reference

They weren't disgusted by his festering sores, nor were they overwhelmed by the foul stench of his stagnant bowel movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Words of a Genius] Reference

By posting his most loyal aide, Rice, at the most recalcitrant agency, State, the president may be cauterizing a festering sore.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World According to Rice] Reference

Wofford seized on the public's festering discontent and scored a resounding triumph over his better-known, better-heeled opponent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cutting Through The Gobbldygook] Reference

The festering trial could remind voters of his shenanigans at a time when Democrats most need to distance themselves from the drama.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blagojevich Drama A Campaign Distraction For Illinois Democrats] Reference

The breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia was a festering conflict left over from the chaotic days of the Soviet Union's breakup.    From Wordnik.com.  [History Has Hijacked The Russian And Georgian States] Reference

Another business owner has gone so far to hire a firm to conduct an employee survey so he can identify and resolve any festering problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unions: We’re Better Off Without Them] Reference