stingingly
- a word derived from sting.
Example Sentences
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Then came the reviews, many of which praised her commanding performance while stingingly rebuking the movie as an exploitation of Monroe and for its unrelenting bleakness.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022
In one scene, a lifetime of heartbreak, emotional distance and hard-won resilience is captured in the simple act of receiving a stingingly careless birthday gift.
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022
De Wilde's version places the Austen tale squarely where the work belongs — in a world that is simultaneously over the top and stingingly real.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2020
Bobby’s first impressions of Pep, meanwhile, were stingingly chaste and respectful.
From The Guardian • Sep. 9, 2016
A dull endless pain in my gut that wouldn’t go away even when I knelt on the stingingly frozen tile of the bathroom, dry-heaving.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
