stung
IPA: stˈʌŋ
adjective
- feeling sharp psychological pain
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Examples of "stung" in Sentences
- The bull, again stung to fight, charged once more.
- A strong odour of hemp and resin stung his nostrils.
- The name stung Mr. Renshaw to indignation, as Smith's had done.
- With Canada's debt-to-GDP ratio heading for a record 72 percent, the moniker stung.
- The centaur's exclamation wasn't entirely because the coins stung, but because of the pun.
- The dead coma had left his brain, and the calling of his name stung his senses to keen attention.
- But the criticism of not winning a title stung him, as it does LeBron, who couldn't win in Cleveland last season with Shaq as part of his supporting cast.
- Robert Person contributed to his former team's offensive woes with six superb innings and two errors by surehanded second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo led to the go-ahead run as the Phillies again stung New York, 6-3.
- The Lightning again stung the Flames on the power play, scoring with the man advantage for the seventh time to take a 1-0 lead with 6: 29 remaining when Fedotenko snapped home the rebound of a shot by Brad Richards from the point.
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