sting

The crowd laughed eagerly, but there was an unmistakable existential sting to that punchline.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

"They still sting after they break off," she said, adding that while the sting was "nasty" and "the worst in the UK", it was not dangerous.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The fifth episode’s title, “Riches of Embarrassment,” is derived from a halftime rallying speech Ted delivers to soften the sting of Alice calling their first-half performance embarrassing.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

TORONTO—Canadian honey producers are feeling the sting from President Trump’s new tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

They couldn’t sting through his thick fur, and he kept brushing them away from his head with one paw.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Immigration officials have been setting up stings on interstate highways for months, sweeping up hundreds of migrants who allegedly are in the country illegally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Many people are scared of jellyfish due to the fear of painful stings and the creature's unpredictable nature in the water.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The fact that Patel has no criminal record and is not required to be on probation stings for San Mateo County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

This can be caused by food, medicine or insect stings.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

There’s a scrape on the outside of my leg where I must have slid into a stick or rock or something, but it only stings a little.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

But I have strong suspicions you are, and if so, as the children say, "I hope that stang!"

From Time Magazine Archive

My curse upon your venom'd stang, That shoots my tortur'd gooms alang; An' thro' my lug gies monie a twang, Wi' gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, Like racking engines!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

Neer a bit," said Steenie, laughing; "he has braw broad shouthers, and I just took measure o' them wi' the stang.

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott

The shorter pipe-fish, stang, or sting, Sygnathus acus.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

The stang was ridden at the ancient town of Hedon, 18th, 19th, and 20th February, 1889.

From Bygone Punishments by William Andrews

Reader, the subject of the lecture is long forgotten, but the observation stung.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

But please do not do this if you have allergies, or are likely to get stung.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Though stung, physically and emotionally, Sara carries on with a trip to the Devil’s Mouth caves because her recently deceased father visited them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

"There was one point when every time over a period of two years I was stung by a jellyfish when I was out in the sea," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

‘Good girl,’ she said in a way that reminded me of Mama so sharply it stung my eyes.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Shazeer’s departure is especially stinging because Google parent Alphabet spent billions of dollars bringing him back to the company only two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

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

Jellyfish tentacles are lined with thousands of venom-filled stinging cells.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

He couldn’t see much in the gray light and the stinging rain.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis