Words similar to stung

Example sentences for: stung

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

City officials were stunned to think a multimillion-dollar bank might have been stung by million-dollar darts.
His desperate attempts to bed her make him reckless and seal his doom: Stung by a wasp outside her window, he staggers into school on Election Day with his eye as swollen and saggy as Quasimodo's--and morally hunchbacked, to boot.
Hunting dogs may be stung by scorpions of the Buthidae family ( Tityus trinitatis ). The effects of the sting can be severe.
Another example: periodicals mailers, stung by sharply rising costs associated with the processing of their mail, insisted that postal officials join them in an effort aimed at finding answers and ferreting
A WP business section story claiming that Bill Gates has been deeply stung by the accusations against him and his company opens with an anecdote that's evidently supposed to humanize him but which will probably have the opposite effect.