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  • past tense form of sting.
  • past participle of sting.
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stung

[stuhng] / stʌŋ /


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The club has been stung by the chain of events and believe they have done all they could to avoid it.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I just had to buy a car, which stung, but every other spare dollar goes toward stacking.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The fluorescent light stung my eyes after hours in the darkness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

But please do not do this if you have allergies, or are likely to get stung.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The inside of my nose stung as I breathed in the icicled air.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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