Sentences with phrase «open festering»

A Pictorial Tour of The Boleyn Inheritance: By the time The Boleyn Inheritance opens Henry VIII is about 50 years old, in poor health, probably suffering from gout, possibly syphilis, and has an open festering wound in his leg that won't heal (he hadn't always been old, fat and smelly - in his youth he'd been considered quite dashing and a lot slimmer, as can be seen by the armor he wore in his early twenties).

On whose side will the houseflies flock if not around the heels of a man with an open festering sore?

Instead of deflecting potential concerns, it aggravated them, opening a festering sore about funding for district schools, which local officials say are straining to make do under an outdated state financing formula that has not kept pace with spiraling costs.

Not exact matches

If you discovered an issue, don't let it fester like an open wound, take care of it as soon as possible.

It's good that what has obviously festered quietly for 9 - 10 years is coming out in the open to be seen and heard, in my opinion.

«We are seeking to open wounds, yes, but to open them so that we can cleanse them and they don't fester; we cleanse them and then pour oil on them, and then we can move into the glorious future that God is opening up for us.»

When this injury has happened, the practical question is how the wound can best be healed, and the temptation is always either to cover it soothingly up at a grave risk of festering, or to keep it open forever as a warning to others [Theology, May 1975, p. 242].

Despite being fluffy and moist, baking this dairy - free chocolate banana bread doesn't require opening a jar of applesauce that will then fester in the back of the fridge for weeks

After back - to - back defeats to open the campaign, negativity had started to fester at St James» Park, with Rafa Benítez underlining the need for new signings before the end of the window.

But instead of a hidden, festering sore, the healing happens in the open.

The best hope we have of achieving an open, integrated, and tolerant society is by encouraging our children to reject the prejudice and ignorance that we have allowed to fester for too long.

«In proof of the maturity and responsibility of the labour unions in our State, the organised labour has consistently met with members of our administration under different fora designed to identify and address possible areas of tension and disagreement before they fester into open conflicts.

A related compound, dimethyl trisulfide, smells like an open, festering wound.

Doom 1 was all about opening a door and finding a room full of frenzy beasts awaiting to fester or plant bullets on your flesh.

My only real beef is the festering sore of edited lyrics from the opening song, «Arabian Nights.»

Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort.

The murder investigation uncovers a matryoshka doll of corruption: what begins as an open - and - shut homicide case festers into a scandal reaching from deep within the police department to the posh penthouses of the rich and famous.

The murder happens at the beginning of the episode, catching viewers off guard, but also causing the death to fester like an open wound for the rest of the hour.

Twisted mutations lurk in every dark, festering corner, eager to slice you open at the first opportunity, and each possess a particularly chilling death call, lending the game an oppressive, stark and ominous atmosphere that veterans will be all too familiar with.