How to Use cold sore in a Sentence

cold sore

noun

• The object is to avoid kissing the one with the cold sore.
  — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
• 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
• The only thing worse than a cold sore is a permanent scar where a cold sore once was.
  — Lindsey Ellefson, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2021
• Mike Pence is fighting against chapped lips and cold sores from kissing Trump's ring.
  — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, 24 Dec. 2017
• 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
• That's another symptom, but the fear spreads faster than a cold sore from Bill Clinton.
  — Fox News, 5 Aug. 2018
• Herpes, the virus that causes cold sores, is still very common in the U.S., the latest statistics show.
  — Maggie Fox /, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2018
• Neither Angus or myself have ever had a cold sore in our lives.
  — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 19 July 2018
• Cold and flu virus, cold sores, those viruses they're not usually not transferred through food.
  — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2019
• Type 1 of the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) causes cold sores, also called oral herpes.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 30 Oct. 2023
• 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
• But after a stressful situation, the virus replicates and cold sores emerge.
  — Colleen Burge, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2017
• Oral herpes typically presents as cold sores, which contain and transmit the virus.
  — Amy Capetta, SELF, 3 Nov. 2017
• 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
• The man had entered the trial with an infection of herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1), which mainly causes cold sores.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 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
• 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
• 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 the first century A.D., the emperor Tiberius tried to outlaw kissing at state functions, likely because of an epidemic of cold sores.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• Benzocaine is also used in popular over-the-counter products for toothaches and cold sores in adults, including Orajel and Anbesol and generic drugstore brands.
  — Matthew Perrone, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2018
• The hallmark of a common virus that potentially impacts 80 percent of the United States, cold sores can appear out of nowhere and look like small blisters, which eventually crust over.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2024
• Some people with herpes don’t get those tingling feelings before developing a cold sore.
  — Mark Hay, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
• To hear Fallon and Connolly recount their epic hang-out sesh, though, is to listen to a full-force emotional roller coaster, punctuated by pissed-off popcorn ladies and massive 80-feet cold sores.
  — Sean Fitz-Gerald, Esquire, 23 May 2015
• The pair laugh things off before arriving at their destination where, cold sore notwithstanding, Veronica is ready to get closer to Justin than ever.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2022
• Numbing medication caused her reaction In his patient’s case, her reaction was caused by benzocaine, an active ingredient found in over-the-counter toothache and cold sore medicine.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
• For instance, overexposure to sunlight can bring about immune system suppression, which is why some people with herpes develop cold sores after spending time in the sun.
  — Nina Bahadur, SELF, 8 Sep. 2018
• But despite being a great source of vitamins and minerals, the plans—which claim to flush the body of toxins, curing everything from headaches, nausea, and fatigue to cold sores, insomnia, and yeast infections—are controversial.
  — Courtney Rubin, Marie Claire, 26 Apr. 2013

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024