- present participle of sting.
stinging
Example Sentences
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However, nearly all of that pattern can be traced to one particular group: the aculeate Hymenoptera, which includes stinging wasps, bees and ants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
However, this show of support from Fifa executives followed yet more stinging criticism of the Swiss.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Determined by a mix of firm and individual performance, employees’ bonuses can elicit reactions of euphoria or stinging disappointment—depending on the size of the check, and the expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s a stinging insult: By the samurai code, Kanbei should be killed, not imprisoned — Murashige couldn’t have landed a more devastating slap than by letting him live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They killed the bees that were stinging him and they shook the bees out of his clothes and then they dressed him again and sent him to the house.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
