stabbing

Example Sentences

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He was doing chin-ups during a workout when he experienced a new kind of stabbing pain in his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Aleix Febas fired the hosts ahead before Dean Huijsen levelled for the league leaders, with Bellingham stabbing home from close range after Alvaro Rodriguez blasted Elche back in front.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has woken in hospital and spoken with his wife for the first time.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

They can last from a couple of minutes to days and the pain can be sharp, dull, throbbing or stabbing and sometimes spread beyond your head to your scalp, face or even your neck.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

What I had was more Buckwheat: unruly and impossible to comb, like stabbing a pitchfork into a bed of crabgrass.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah