stung
Example Sentences
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‘Good girl,’ she said in a way that reminded me of Mama so sharply it stung my eyes.
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Tears stung the corners of my eyes, but I blinked them back.
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He let out a squall that could have been heard all over the bottoms, and started scratching at the spot where my rock had stung him.
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Even if I dared to walk this far into The Woods alone, I wouldn’t be able to get the honeycomb like she did, not without getting stung a thousand times.
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More than 2 million people are stung every year.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.