How to Use abscess in a Sentence

abscess

noun

• An abscess developed, and the left side of his face swelled up.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2020
• Afterward, it was found the colt had an abscess in his right front hoof.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 11 June 2016
• Colin’s abscess must have been too much for his red blood cells to handle.
  — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2019
• Per police, the pup has a large abscess or tumor on the left side of his ribs.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• The abscess, once drained, was found to have a staph infection.
  — David J. Neal may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
• The first surgery patient that day was a little boy with an abscess on his rear end.
  — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
• This can cause a tooth abscess, or a painful pocket of fluid around the tooth root.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
• Huge abscesses had taken root in his left eye, his scalp, his arms, his face and his lungs.
  — Meredith Wadman, WSJ, 19 May 2017
• Turns out this piece of grass had penetrated her skin and caused an abscess.
  — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
• One note begins with the sender complaining about an abscess on their gum.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2021
• One had an abscess on its neck that required daily treatment.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
• Doctors then found an abscess on his prostate and admitted him.
  — Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
• Doing this many times a day for three or four days might help a smaller abscess rupture and drain.
  — Isadora Baum, SELF, 5 Aug. 2020
• One had scabies, broken teeth, an abscess and scars from the snare that had captured it.
  — Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019
• His abscess appeared to have been drained and treated with an IV.
  — Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• My thighs and underarms burned and the abscesses became open wounds that bled and drained.
  — Allyson Byers, SELF, 10 Aug. 2017
• Smith said the abscess was larger in circumference than a golf ball.
  — Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
• So this particular Shire has an abscess in his hoof.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
• So this particular Shire has an abscess in his hoof.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
• Once the area is numb, the healthcare provider will make an incision into the abscess to drain the pus.
  — Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
• Something is wrong with his brain, the dentist told his colleagues, perhaps a stroke or an abscess.
  — Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024
• Christine told me, over the phone, that a strange abscess had appeared on Gunner's hip.
  — Steve Meyer, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Sep. 2017
• The body uses healthy tissue to form an abscess to stop the infection from spreading.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Treatment can range from draining the abscess to a root canal to having the affected tooth pulled.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
• Senanayake said the brain biopsy was expected to reveal a cancer or an abscess.
  — Rod McGuirk, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• Eddie Sweat never mentioned the abscess in between the last work and the next one.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• Patients were coming in with skin abscesses and heart valve infections over and over again.
  — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 June 2018
• An untreated dental abscess can invade the tissues of the head and chest.
  — Adam Gaffney, New Republic, 25 May 2017
• By the evening, doctors were planning to perform surgery on her abscess and treat the infection.
  — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2017
• The reasons for the recent spike in brain abscesses among children are unknown.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2023