stab

Example Sentences

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I felt a stab of pain whenever I coughed or sneezed.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

“She gets to be released on Valentine’s Day, which is another stab in the gut,” Montalvo said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

There’s also a reference to septicemia, which is writer-director Emerald Fennell’s perhaps too-technical stab at explaining the nonspecific Victorian disease that afflicts one character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

"The teacher's injury is not a stab injury. A lockdown was implemented but has now been lifted," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

The figure was a stab in the dark, a made-up number.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman