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Example sentences for: stings

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

Though the growing number of stings are leading to a lot of arrests, they may draw attention away from what is overwhelmingly an offline problem.
Plants are used to treat snakebites and scorpion stings and for hunting success.
The LAT fronts a scrutiny of online chat room stings.
Might they cancel future assignments if a piece in the magazine really stings them?
Yet, as observers dating back to Alexis de Tocqueville in 1835 have noted, Americans take pride in their local communities: Wherever transience and provincialism collide, the charge of carpetbagging still stings.