sting
Example Sentences
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“We’re going to feel a little bit of a sting, but we’re definitely not hitting the panic button,” Wiebe said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
They still put on a great show, but this song has no sting.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Overseas opportunity still beckons for the concert industry, even as Americans feel the sting of high inflation and demand shows signs of returning to earth from the postpandemic peak.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
But the last two games come with a sting - train tickets to the stadiums cost £59 per person from Boston and £114 from New York.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The kerosene only seemed to make my feet swell up and sting.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
Vocabulary lists containing sting
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 2
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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