How to Use cold sore in a Sentence

cold sore

noun
  • The cold sore will crust over and heal within one to two weeks.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • What about using tea tree oil for things like cold sores and warts?
    — Krissy Brady, SELF, 4 Oct. 2018
  • This can prevent spreading colds or cold sores.
    — Christina Manian, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The only thing worse than a cold sore is a permanent scar where a cold sore once was.
    — Lindsey Ellefson, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Herpes type 1 or oral herpes is a virus that causes painful cold sores on your mouth and lips.
    — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Normally the virus is latent (present at a low level) and does not cause cold sores.
    — Colleen Burge, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Cold and flu virus, cold sores, those viruses they're not usually not transferred through food.
    — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Neither Angus or myself have ever had a cold sore in our lives.
    — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • In her two years of life she’s spent quite a bit of time at the vet, for eye infections and painful cold sores, among other things.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • This can create a vicious cycle of one cold sore healing while another forms.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Oral herpes typically presents as cold sores, which contain and transmit the virus.
    — Amy Capetta, SELF, 3 Nov. 2017
  • That's another symptom, but the fear spreads faster than a cold sore from Bill Clinton.
    — Fox News, 5 Aug. 2018
  • But after a stressful situation, the virus replicates and cold sores emerge.
    — Colleen Burge, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Herpes spreads most easily when someone has a visible cold sore via skin-to-skin contact, like a kiss.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Around the mouth, these are often known as cold sores, or genital ulcer disease when around the genitals.
    — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The exact cause of canker sores is unknown, but HSV-1 causes cold sores.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Amelia first noticed her cold sore on October 14, three days after feeling small bumps on her lips.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • However, the risk increases if the person has an active cold sore, since fresh saliva contains more virus.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Some people with herpes don’t get those tingling feelings before developing a cold sore.
    — Mark Hay, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
  • For instance, if an unplanned pimple or cold sore pops up on the day of shooting, it'll probably be edited out in post production.
    — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And if the makeup artist responsible for Pfeiffer's oozing cold sore didn't get an Oscar, they were robbed.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Some research suggests that lysine may be helpful for treating certain conditions, like cold sores and anxiety.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 6 June 2024
  • Herpes is an infectious and contagious virus that creates blisters, often around the mouth (cold sores) or genitals.
    — Brandi Jones, Msn-Ed, Health, 14 July 2024
  • Online prescribing is available for birth control, ED, hair loss, high cholesterol, cold sores, and acid reflux.
    — Olivia Campbell, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • For the first few weeks of a baby’s life, anyone with an active cold sore—blood relative, presidential candidate, or both—would do well to keep away.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In 2015, a new mom from England shared shocking photos of her newborn daughter covered with cold sores.
    — Katina Beniaris, Woman's Day, 18 July 2017
  • Encephalitis can also lay dormant, with Edwards never having a cold sore herself, the outlet added.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Type 1 of the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) causes cold sores, also called oral herpes.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Inventors also started mixing in soothing or medicinal compounds into lip balms and marketing multi-use balms—for, say, cold sores or acne pain.
    — Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
  • An earlier review conducted in 2015 also did not find enough evidence to back up claims that lysine can provide cold sore relief.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 6 June 2024

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