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sting

verb as in prick, pain

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She relishes her role as a silent spectator, but one cold evening, when she tells Amby she might not stay for practice, his response—“I never notice whether you’re here or not”—stings.

It stung their eyes and felt gritty in their mouths.

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The house was filled with memories, which comforted me as much as they stung from those critical absences.

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The manufacturing hub, which anchors the region that is home to auto giant Toyota, is Japan’s fourth most-populous city and, according to a decade-old newspaper poll that still stings here, number one in dullness.

Rea, 27, landed power punches but Arthur, 34, fought fire with fire with stinging uppercuts as the intensity rarely dropped over 12 rounds.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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