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

Many 60/40 investors are still smarting from a terrible experience in 2022, when the funds’ slow-and-steady strategy appeared to backfire.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

It clearly left him smarting and he's not had a good word to say about wind power since.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

I sort of hobbled toward Gary Drake, my bumbone smarting.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell