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UK
/stˈɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈstɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɪŋ/ ]
VERB
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deliver a sting to
A bee stung my arm yesterday -
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
The sun burned his face -
cause a stinging pain
The needle pricked his skin -
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
They stuck me with the dinner bill
I was stung with a huge tax bill -
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
His remark stung her
NOUN
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
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a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
he felt the stinging of nettles
the sting of death -
operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
the police conducted a sting operation -
a mental pain or distress
a pang of conscience
How To Use sting In A Sentence
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- She has certainly branched out into more interesting work in recent years.
- The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months. G Marks The Spot
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
- She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars, and then the countenance of Spalatro at her door, before she had a clear remembrance of her situation — that she was a prisoner in a house on a lonely shore, and that this man was her jailor. The Italian
- He made comments about a couple of items, suggesting an appetizer that sounded unlikely but that, in his words,'went down a treat. FOLLY
- The premise kinda sounds interesting and it has a good cast, but it also sounds a bit too overdramatic and emo … Anime Preview: Spring 2010 « Undercover