Example Sentences

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Rising inflation has been stinging businesses and consumers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2022

The former nominee has been stinging in his public critiques of Trump, and, in a Facebook post on Wednesday, he tried to shame the business mogul into releasing his tax returns.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2016

My love of Shakespeare, like the gout which has been stinging my right foot all the morning, is hereditary.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard