Example Sentences

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So what will smart business people be doing to profit under the next four years while Barack Obama is President? 

From Inc • Nov. 14, 2012

In particular, the loss of Koder will smart.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 18, 2011

Someone will smart for this--you see if they don't.

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard

The wounds made by injustice, fancied or real, will smart; and just as naturally will men retain in their hearts aversion for all that which, for them, stands for such injustice.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

For Robert wuz a man of many fancies, and though a wife through pride or affection may seem blind to such things, yet burns will smart and "jealousy is as cruel as the grave."

From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Holley, Marietta