- present perfect of smart (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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For six years, at his ranch in California, Bennett has smarted at the growing legend that he was the evil genius behind everything that was criticized in the old Ford regime.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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No Town has smarted more by the Scourge of War.
