sting
verb (used with object)
to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
is stinging
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present progressiveof sting (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Oh, a snake is stinging me!" cried Leah Herrick.
From Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Howard Pyle
I do not believe there is a man foolish enough not to kill a mosquito which is stinging him.
From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Charles Richet
By such steps we think to fix a momentary resolution; as a timid fellow hies him to the dentist’s while the tooth is stinging.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
By such steps we think to fix a momentary resolution; as a timid fellow hies him to the dentist's while the tooth is stinging.
From Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson
Peste! these are very stupid friends; what fly is stinging them?
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
