- present participle of smart.
smarting
Example Sentences
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Americans have been smarting for years over how much more expensive everything from coffee to cars has become.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Drake is smarting, and he spreads that hurt across more than an hour in the trilogy’s marquee album “Iceman.”
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
England, without a Six Nations title since 2020, will now face a Scotland side smarting from an 18-15 opening loss to Italy in Rome.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Americans are still smarting from a surge of food prices in the wake of the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
I sort of hobbled toward Gary Drake, my bumbone smarting.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
