sting
Example Sentences
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Within GM, Anderson’s arrival was cheered by many employees involved in the automaker’s self-driving technology, still stinging from GM’s move last year to end the Cruise program.
When we feel stung our instinct is to defend or withdraw, but Turner advises pausing first.
From BBC
Last season's FA Cup semi-final defeat to eventual winners Crystal Palace still stings.
From BBC
The bankruptcy stung some franchises, like the San Diego Padres, leaving them without expected broadcasting money they had used to sign big free agents.
But while U.S. stock markets have remained close to record highs, bitcoin lost steam in October after a cascade of market liquidations stung traders and exchanges.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
