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

The fare will remain the LA-standard $1.75 -- a small victory for fans smarting at the $98 price tag for a round-trip train ticket between New York and MetLife Stadium.

From Barron's • May 27, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

“It’ll quit smarting him in a minute now, and he’ll hush. Come on, now.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner