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Example sentences for: stinging

How can you use “stinging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

I put new Blossoms in the Glass--And throw the old--away--I push a petal from my GownThat anchored there--I weighThe time 'twill be till six o'clockI have so much to do--And yet--Existence--some way back--Stopped--struck--my ticking--through--We cannot put Ourself awayAs a completed ManOr Woman--When the Errand's doneWe came to Flesh--upon--There may be--Miles on Miles of Nought--Of Action--sicker far--To simulate--is stinging work--To cover what we areFrom Science--and from Surgery--Too Telescopic EyesTo beat on us unshaded--For their--sake--not for Ours--'Twould start them--We--could tremble--But since we got a Bomb--And held it in our Bosom--Nay--Hold it--it is calm--
It described the U.S. failure to exempt its citizens and soldiers from the court's jurisdiction as "a stinging diplomatic rebuff."
Still stinging from federal grant cuts, Kentucky Legal Aid's director is hoping the General Assembly will help heal the wounds.
Nonetheless, as the WP says, the whole matter represents a "stinging rebuke" for Starr, and the investigation into the grand jury leaks continues.
These sites were filled with stinging indictments of the government and the mainstream media as well as gleeful cheers for the Web.