stinging

Example Sentences

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Bass faced stinging criticism over her absence from the city when the fire broke out and her handling of the recovery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor made that clear in her stinging and persuasive dissent from the court’s denial of certiorari.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

To others, it put a stop to nights of stinging eyes and stinking clothes - and, most importantly, it saved lives.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Last month, however, the Supreme Court struck down his country-specific tariffs, delivering a stinging rebuke of his signature economic policy.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

He’d plunged his hand into a pile of stinging nettles in one hole, and into a clump of mashed blackberries wrapped deceptively in a leather pouch in another hole.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech