How to Use pustule in a Sentence

pustule

noun
  • Then there is a disease called rust that may put orange pustules on the leaves.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 July 2018
  • These ants deliver a painful sting that produces a red pustule that itches and burns.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2022
  • For those with mainly papules and pustules, there are over-the-counter treatment solutions that work.
    — Molly Nover-Baker, Redbook, 27 Dec. 2016
  • Folliculitis can, in turn, lead to red pimples and pustules—sort of like scalp acne.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Its sting produces first a burning sensation—hence the name—and then a smallpox-like pustule.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
  • And if that wasn’t enough, annoying little pustules were scattered across my jawline.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 7 May 2024
  • The pus inside those pustules is actually made up of white blood cells, is not from an infection.
    — Lambeth Hochwald, Health.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Orange pustules on the undersides of leaves, and faint yellow or orange spots on the top surface of the leaves.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Eventually the spots, which initially look like a pimple or pustule, can scab or crust over.
    — Dr. Mark Abdelmalek, ABC News, 25 July 2022
  • Rosacea is a type of skin condition that can present with symptoms like redness, acne-like breakouts on the face, and pustules.
    — Cindy Kuzma, Health, 16 Mar. 2024
  • These active ingredients will help red, inflamed pimples and pustules go away faster.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • O'Reilly and his ilk are a festering pustule on the American body politic.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 19 Apr. 2017
  • Chemical compounds in the fire ant's venom, piperidine alkaloids, cause the pustule to form over a few hours.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
  • At some point, those pustules will go through umbilication, where their dome shape will become depressed in the middle.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 21 June 2023
  • McMichael says to look out for small, whitehead-looking pustules that can arise at the areas of significant pulling.
    — Nykia Spradley, SELF, 29 Jan. 2018
  • People who evacuated during the storm often had what looked like full body rashes, in which each large pustule was a single ant bite.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Each pustule contains live virus, and a ruptured blister can contaminate bed linens and other items, putting close contacts at risk.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • The following day, the welt will go down, but a pustule will likely take its place, per the AOCD.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Cut out leaves with rust pustules rather than pulling them off as the latter action disperses the spores onto other leaves, into the air and onto the soil.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Dermatologists suggest that the patches work their best magic when the lesion is a pustule (a pimple with pus at the tip).
    — SELF, 30 Dec. 2021
  • These pustules, lumps, and boils that grow underneath your top skin layer can be symptoms of acne inversa — acne in reverse.
    — Kate Watson, Allure, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Skin imperfections are revealed to have names—papules, pustules, milia, cysts—and to respond to certain treatments.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, The New Yorker, 6 June 2017
  • The bites may at first show up as small, red, itchy welts, but will usually develop a little pustule or blister with a pinprick of blood visible) in a day or so.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Along with his obesity amd high blood pressure, Henry suffered from painful venous leg ulcers that made his lower limbs swell, and pustules would burst.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After the ingrown hairs have been pulled and any pustules have been extracted, a vajacial in the form of a mask, or scrub or skin conditioner could be amazing.
    — Essence, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Pimples, also called whiteheads, pustules or papules, are small tender bumps found on the areas of the body where the most oil glands are present, such as on one's face, back, shoulders, and neck.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Dimsdale harvested the contents of a smallpox pustule from the young son of a sergeant-major and used it to inoculate Catherine.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2021
  • In fact, one of the most common triggers of rosacea, which is characterized by flushing, swelling, spider veins, papules, and pustules, is exposure to sunlight.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Research suggests that pimple patches aren't effective on cystic acne, pustules, or blackheads.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Without further ado, here's the scoop straight from dermatologists on some of the best acne treatments for every type of zit, cyst, and pustule threatening to implode on your skin.
    — Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Apr. 2018

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