stung

Example Sentences

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Some unavoidable costs still stung, though, like the $98 roundtrip NJ Transit fare to the stadium.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

“I was sitting in the audience and it stung a little bit,” Clark, 33, confessed.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

"And of course, bees, which he said have never stung him."

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The new affordability efforts are aimed at consumers who have less money in their pockets, stung by rising prices at the gasoline pump and the grocery store.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

It stung her eyes, went up her nose, filled her throat, thundered in her ears, and covered every inch of her skin.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz