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1453 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 40 Hese hors hath j farseyn and grete rennyng sorys in hese leggis.

1526 Grete Herball cccclxxiiii. sig. Bb.i/2 The leues layde on ronnynge sores or vlceracions healeth them.

?1590 W. Perkins Treat. Damnation or Grace xxiv. 57 In sinne, there are three things which are hurtfull to man: the first is Condemnation, which commeth of sinne: the seconde is, the disobedience of the law in sinne: the third is, the root and fountaine of sinne, originall corruption. These are three deadly woundes, and three running sores in the hearts and consciences of all sinners.

1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. ix. 186 His Illness first came after a Sqat upon his Hand; to which fell a Humour, and made it a Running Sore.

1781 J. Wesley Let. 19 Nov. (1931) VII. 90 A gentleman whose leg had been ill for several years and had several running sores in it was advised by an old clergyman to discard his physicians and surgeons.

1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III 2nd Ser. I. 199 How can you cope to keep it [sc. Canada]?..Rely on it you only retain a running sore, the source of endless disquiet and expense.

1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop vii. 73 ‘What are grease boils?’ asked Margaret. ‘They are running sores, or ulcers which the shearers get on their legs and arms, usually through shearing wet sheep.’

1956 H. Macmillan Diary 21 July (2003) 576 Cyprus is a running sore. The situation regarding Russia is better, but the defence burden goes on.

2002 Prospect Dec. 14/3 Chechnya is a running sore for Putin.