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Example sentences for: sting

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Whistleblowers have been compared to bees—they have just one sting to use and using it may lead to career suicide [11].
That low ceiling--a constant reminder of how Craig has been stunted--is the first sign of the movie's comic astuteness, of its knack for devising sight gags with a sting.
--Joseph Sponzo, family chef for the musician Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, quoted in the New York Post.
Quick action eases sting.
O scar Wilde's comedies are doubtless long-winded, but their wind blows in from a high peak: The characters' formulations are bracing, and their epigrams have a sting.