The phrase "fester by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It means to worsen or become more intense over time. It can be used when describing a negative situation or problem that is getting worse. Example: The tension between the two countries continued to fester by the day, with no signs of resolution in sight.
But Mr Arafat sees it, above all, as shielding his regime and himself from an Israeli leader who is out to get both.Five months ago, Mr Arafat was at a low ebb: confined by Israeli tanks to his presidential compound in Ramallah (and later squeezed into two rooms) and left to fester by much of Europe and the Arab world.
The system, called the Education Achievement Authority, has been linked to an ongoing federal corruption investigation, which the lawsuit said "reveals the extent to which the depraved indifference and damage to the plight of children of [Detroit schools] was allowed to fester by the defendant emergency managers".
This raises the question of why, given the obvious importance of economic justice and the strong presence of labour movements and unions in the protests, issues of job creation, wealth generation and economic solidarity have been left to fester by the wayside?
LSU's administration had allowed speculation about Miles' status to fester by refusing to comment on the matter last week, but Alleva stressed that he was only following his policy of waiting until after the season to comment on a coach's future.
Only then can I hope that my law office's phone will stop ringing with calls from frightened LGBT moms and dads living in constant fear of the prejudice that is allowed to fester by the silence of our political "friends".
Saudi support of militant groups in Pakistani Balochistan that operate across the border in the Iranian province of Sistan and Balochistan is abetted by a US policy that allows militancy to fester by failing to recognize links between multiple conflicts in South and Central Asia.
They are camping in a flimsy festival tent by the Roman ruins in the Castlefield heritage park, with a soggy welcome mat festering by the front porch.
It smells fine now, but I need to find a way of getting the insides clean or the whole place will be festering by morning.
In "Shroom" he rewrites the history of magic mushrooms, systematically destroying the myths festered by pioneers like McKenna, R. Gordon Wasson, Robert Graves, Aldous Huxley and others, while recognizing their heroic efforts in promoting mycomania.
But spare a thought for the good residents of Rochdale, who have to live with the acrid stench of this scandal festered by the prurience of social media, and a town which will no longer be famous for the Biggest Aspidistra in the World.
And where was I? Many studies document that youth adopted or fostered by same-sex parents fare equally to those adopted or festered by opposite sex parents.
