sting
verb (used with object)
to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
Example Sentences
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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
However, this show of support from Fifa executives followed yet more stinging criticism of the Swiss.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Zookeepers then pivot to old-fashioned tracking, braving thickets of brambles and stinging nettles in search of footprints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
His most stinging losses were arguably in cases that the court didn’t hear.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
He dispatched Mercury to Carthage with a stinging message for Aeneas.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
