sting
verb (used with object)
to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
are stinging
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present progressiveof sting.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But “if you start to feel irritation, or your eyes are stinging or watering, or your nose is beginning to run or feel irritated, that’s a little more serious.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
“My eyes are stinging a bit from the smoke, but I’ve never seen more clearly.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The two bones are stinging riffs on the gap between nature and history; evocations, too, of the end of the French empire and the even more horrific Belgian one.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 22, 2016
To some, accusations of climate inaction are stinging.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 8, 2015
Jellyfish are stinging machines, and their stings are as violent as anything on Earth.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
