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

“My eyes were stinging … they decided to quit.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2017

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

And the blisters on my feet were stinging from the sweat in my shoes.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss