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stuhng

  • v  cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
  • v  deliver a sting to
    A bee stung my arm yesterday
  • v  saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
    I was stung with a huge tax bill
  • v  cause a stinging pain
  • v  cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
    His remark stung her
  • s  aroused to impatience or anger

  • How the publishers got stung Several of us read your untitled novel here with admiration for writing and style.
  • If you've ever been stung by the word newbie, then this is the vlog for you.
  • Ford is too shrewd to talk openly about the insults himself, but they obviously stung him.
News & Articles

  • Kennedy leads fight against pot legalization
    WASHINGTON — Stung by momentum to legalize marijuana, opponents are fighting back with an unlikely leader: a recovering drug addict and liberal ex-congressman from Rhode Island named Patrick Kennedy, a member of the famous political clan.
    June 23, 2013 - The Olympian
  • Bullfighting in Spain struggling amid financial crisis
    In hard times, governments rein in support for events already stung by opposition of animal rights activists.
    June 22, 2013 - Washington Post
  • Swimmer vs. jellyfish
    Australian swimmer Chloë McCardel’s swim across the Straits of Florida from Havana to Key West was dangerous because she was stung by jellyfish during her swim. She was supposed to break the world record for the longest unassisted swim, but she blew it; it was tough to do.
    June 21, 2013 - Miami Herald
Quotes

  • Brian Griese in USA Today
    When I left here in 2005 I really had unfinished business, the way I look at it. It really hurt when I was injured and didn't have a chance to come back,Griese said. "I knew we had a good team and that stung. Ever since that point I wanted...
  • Venus Williams in FOXNews
    I was about to serve. I felt something on my leg. I looked down. It was a bee, a big old bumblebee,Williams said. "I was trying to get it off without getting stung. You know how they usually fly back at you. Then I ended up losing that...
  • Phil Garner in San Francisco Chronicle
    I don't ever remember it being quite this bad,Houston manager Phil Garner said. "This is getting borderline stupid, too. We stung the ball really well and got nothing for it. Guys went to the plate and just didn't get anything."

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