Not enough to poison a man, but certainly unpleasant; its bite left painful boils that had to be lanced and drained immediately or they went rotten.

To try to bring his dragging depression to some kind of head, perhaps, like lancing a boil, painful but relieving.

Chester Martin faced Election Day with all the enthusiasm of a man going to a doctor to have a painful boil lanced.

Many small boils, one after another, painful and sore.

He was covered with painful, pus-filled boils and possibly suffered from gout.

Gordon sprouts a crop of painful boils, which go away.

She wished that Finn might contract painful boils, and rose to her feet.

Ugly and painful boils cover her hands and feet.

And the rest of the Libs are less than the rump and merely scabs after a painful boil.

These minor ailments included very painful boils which were inevitable in the dust, heat and sweat of the Jordan Valley.