sting

Example Sentences

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So-called core wholesale prices rose a lesser 0.3% in January to take some sting out of the headline increase.

From MarketWatch

So-called core wholesale prices rose a lesser 0.3% in January to take some sting out of the headline increase.

From MarketWatch

Death is so commonplace in the collection that it loses its sting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stocks rose as news of a massive chip deal took some of the sting out of a viral AI report that triggered Monday’s broad selloff.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And as much as your name-calling stings my heart, it would sting so much more if I was, in fact, a great black-backed gull and NOT a musk ox!”

From Literature