Example Sentences

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“He might have added the thought, And why is my life nettled by that question?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023

But the jab nettled a greater insecurity: that pregnant women shouldn't be single.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2021

There’s a nettled rejoinder from George: “That’s a matter of taste. All down the line, people have liked my songs.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2019

The jolt of seeing him there where, only a few minutes before, I’d felt safe from observation nettled me.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019

The horseman’s tone and bearing nettled Taran, but he curbed his temper and bowed courteously.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander