sting
verb (used with object)
to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
Example Sentences
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Shazeer’s departure is especially stinging because Google parent Alphabet spent billions of dollars bringing him back to the company only two years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
However, nearly all of that pattern can be traced to one particular group: the aculeate Hymenoptera, which includes stinging wasps, bees and ants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
It’s a stinging insult: By the samurai code, Kanbei should be killed, not imprisoned — Murashige couldn’t have landed a more devastating slap than by letting him live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jellyfish tentacles are lined with thousands of venom-filled stinging cells.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Twigs crackled under my bare feet, stinging the soles.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
