STING in a Sentence
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54 example sentences for STING, such as:
1. Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
2. Those harsh words sting me bitterly.
3. Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
4. The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.
5. But the sting of not humbling him remained with her.
2. Those harsh words sting me bitterly.
3. Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
4. The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.
5. But the sting of not humbling him remained with her.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of STING
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sting
n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
v. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Classic Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1 The blood rushed to his thin skin under the sting of Hale's astonishment.
2 Instantly a passion of tenderness, of grief for his humiliation swamped her, made her eyes sting.
3 But she smiled a little and took the sting from her words.
4 But the sting of not humbling him remained with her.
5 His impersonal courtesy toward her that had begun during her convalescence continued and he did not fling softly drawled barbs at her or sting her with sarcasm.
6 But there was more than this: the order about the shovel was almost as plainly meant to sting and insult Steelkilt, as though Radney had spat in his face.
7 The swift breeze seemed to Edna to bury the sting of it into the pores of her face and hands.
8 The touch of his lips was like a pleasing sting to her hand.
9 Also, they were inaccurate; they did not sting with precision.
10 The first sting inflicted by this cruel worm will be the memory of past pleasures.
11 They will repent indeed: and this is the second sting of the worm of conscience, a late and fruitless sorrow for sins committed.
12 This is the last and deepest and most cruel sting of the worm of conscience.
13 To bear even the sting of an insect for all eternity would be a dreadful torment.
14 The nosferatu do not die like the bee when he sting once.
15 Thank God, this will be the last night of her looking on at our conferences, and feeling the sting of our not showing our confidence.
Example Sentence:
1 Those harsh words sting me bitterly.
2 The sting of a scorpion is a thousand times more hurtful than the scratch of a brier.
3 The weapon itself was said by FBI sources to have been supplied by the Russian secret service, which co-operated in the sting operation.
4 Pleasure has a sting in its tail.
5 Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you.
6 Speak with contempt of none,form slave to king,the meanest bee,and will use,a sting.
7 If you leave me, please don't comfort me because each sewing has to meet stinging pain.
8 The novel is a stinging satire on American politics.
9 The court did issue a stinging rebuke for what it calls their indifference to their constitutional duties.
10 Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
11 Falsehood like a nettle stings those who meddle with it.