smarting

Example Sentences

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Americans have been smarting for years over how much more expensive everything from coffee to cars has become.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Drake is smarting, and he spreads that hurt across more than an hour in the trilogy’s marquee album “Iceman.”

From Salon • May 21, 2026

England, without a Six Nations title since 2020, will now face a Scotland side smarting from an 18-15 opening loss to Italy in Rome.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

He is still smarting about the Dodgers’ response, adding “people are still talking about all of that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Colonel Cathcart was stung by the blunt rebuke and skulked guiltily about his room in smarting repudiation.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller