Example Sentences

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Americans have been smarting for years over how much more expensive everything from coffee to cars has become.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

And recently the city and lawyers have been smarting over his clout.

From New York Times • May 3, 2010

But members of both political parties have been smarting over the implementation of the $700 billion financial package, which started under President Bush and now is in the hands of the Obama administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

The speech, too, was welcome to those Belgians in the Congo who have been smarting under the advice from U.N. committees.

From Time Magazine Archive

For twenty-five years we have been smarting under the disgrace of the extermination of our bison millions.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple