smart
verb (used without object)
to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
has smarted
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present perfectof smart (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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No Genevan has smarted under the city's reputation as the abortion capital more than Antoine Pugin, head of the cantonal health department and a Catholic.
From Time Magazine Archive
As one of the world's leading indus trial nations, Japan has smarted at be ing kept out of the exclusive club of industrially advanced countries: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long regarded as an exacting and prestigious calling, the accounting profession has smarted in recent years under charges of sloppy or illegal practices that contributed to some of the biggest scandals in U.S. business history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boasting first rank as manufacturer of aircraft and aircraft products, Greater New York, with its population of more than 6,000,000, has smarted for many months under real or fancied slurs of other municipalities.
From Time Magazine Archive
No Town has smarted more by the Scourge of War.
