sting
verb (used with object)
to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
were stinging
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past progressiveof sting.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Arozarena responded by watching the ball, yelling at his bench, tossing his bat so quickly — as if it were stinging his hands — that his helmet tipped off and crashed into the dirt.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2020
They were stinging from the sweat that was pouring into them.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2017
The smoke was thickening; visibility was almost nil; his lungs were stinging.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2016
So intense was their rage, they were stinging and biting the fabric.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2015
His eyes were stinging, his hands were shaking.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
