Sentence examples for could fester for years from inspiring English sources

Debate could fester for years.

But the Ivey memo could fester for years to come.

In explaining his hesitance, he said running a prison system was an overwhelming job, with hundreds of daily problems screaming for immediate attention, whole parole made quieter demands, with problems that could fester for years before blowing up when a parolee committed a horrific crime.

Naresh Chandra, who served as India's ambassador to Washington in the late 1990s, said this episode could fester for years.

Phil Jackson is departing Los Angeles for New York, leaving behind a Staples Center-sized sore that could fester for years.

One senior official suggested this week that the political standoff could fester for another six months, during which time the country would have no effective leadership.

Neighborhood discord could lead to suspicions about this possibility (which might fester for years), and such suspicions could lead to accusations -- but not necessarily to a conviction.

Resentments between merger partners can fester for years.

Community leaders were worried that the problem might fester for years.

To live in truth may be a fine and necessary thing, but when that truth breaks up a family the consequences can fester for years, even decades.

This is the sneakiest of all issues because it goes undetected and can fester for years.