How to Use pus in a Sentence

pus

noun
  • Pus oozed from the cat's injured ear.
  • Tune in next week for a whole new episode, and a whole lot more pus.
    — refinery29.com, 12 July 2018
  • Many of the spheres were broken and a few were filled with pus.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2015
  • Discard any tomatoes that have a sour smell or pus along the crack.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
  • This presents with small, often tender, red bumps that may be pus-filled.
    — Danielle James, Allure, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Pneumonia is when air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid or pus.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 27 Dec. 2019
  • His wife remembered that it was filled with pus and looked awful.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The rash starts with flat red marks that eventually swell with pus.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2022
  • The paste had broken its membrane and absorbed the pus.
    — Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The poor little thing, one side of his face was nothing but blood and pus and swollen and bruised.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Nodules are large, firm and inflamed — but these do not contain pus.
    — Molly Nover-Baker, Redbook, 27 Dec. 2016
  • So the pitcher is left with a hole in his skin next to his nail, and the hole exudes pus and blood.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2017
  • The wounds had painful, oozing pus and smelled horrible.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
  • This can cause the lung tissue to swell and create a buildup of fluid or pus in the lungs.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Though innocent enough, hair bumps can be itchy, tender when swollen and even filled with pus.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Though innocent enough, hair bumps can be itchy, tender when swollen, and even filled with pus.
    — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Contact with this pus can spread boils to other parts of your body and other people.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Dec. 2024
  • At this point, gums will begin to bleed if not already and pus could be apparent.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The bumps and lesions can burst, releasing pus and blood and causing a lot of pain.
    — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 11 July 2022
  • The next challenge was creating the perfect pus to ooze out.
    — Simon Thompson, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The patients’ eyes were inflamed with heavy yellow pus that obscured most of the pupil.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Monkeypox creates a rash that starts with flat red marks that become raised and filled with pus.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • Your provider will check for symptoms like inflammation, pain, and pus build-up.
    — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 7 July 2024
  • The woman’s foot was in a bucket which was so full of pus that part of the woman's foot was covered in it.
    — Fares Sabawi, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Therefore, doctors need to drain such a pocket of pus as soon as possible.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Lesions become pus-filled and begin to crust early in the second week.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • The infection causes the air sacs to fill with pus, making breathing hard.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 3 May 2024
  • 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
  • The virus had attacked his lungs, filling them with fluid and pus, and forced his heart to work to the brink of failure.
    — Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 9 May 2021
  • Nicholas' ileum, the final section of his small intestine, is full of pus and ulcers.
    — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2010

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