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stinging

adjective as in painful

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Example Sentences

As Bruce Buffer did his introductions, Aspinall got to his feet, before Jones opened the contest with a stinging left hand.

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"I felt stinging pain, it was a hard whack."

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For the losers, this will be a stinging realisation.

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Georgians overwhelmingly back joining the European Union, but the EU froze that process this year amid stinging accusations from Brussels that the government was backsliding on democracy.

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Following a stinging report in 2023, which criticised how it handled housing complaints, the authority has been closely monitored.

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

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