Example Sentences

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MANCHESTER, England — Edouard Mendy’s palm would still have been stinging from the Karim Benzema shot he had saved seconds before as his Chelsea teammates advanced down the field.

From New York Times • May 6, 2021

While the accuracy of the report cannot be confirmed, the reference to Yeltsin's greatest weakness in this context must have been stinging.

From Time Magazine Archive

My feet have been stinging for the last hour, but I haven’t said anything.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

She knew what pride meant; she had abundance herself, and she realized for the first time how she must have been stinging his.

From The Reason Why by Glyn, Elinor

The Gadflies were vexed with the Deer, because he had put them up on a bet, therefore they were very willing to sting the Deer, and they have been stinging him ever since.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl