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Etymologies
- Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan; see stegh- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“The sights and sounds of children at play in the water are transformed to crying and tears as stings from the “Beast of Barnegat Bay” bring them running ashore.”
“Although some calls to the Poison Center are about spiders, ants and caterpillars, this page will focus on stings from the Hymenoptera species.”
“Those are the times when the "dependent" label stings a little, doesn't it?”
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“I think the thing that stings is that we lost at home," Wade said.”
“Most of all, the list stigmatizes Cuba - not everywhere, but certainly in the United States and elsewhere in the world where our country's word is respected and the terrorist label stings and stays.”
“The Sanger/Broad article quotes government-friendly sources stating that there were two 'successful' 'sting' operations against the Iranian nuclear program, without noting that at least one of the so-called stings in 2006 was against the nuclear power program, not a weapons program.”
“But that most detestable of days is approaching, a date whose name stings as it leaves your tongue like arsenic laced in the tea of disgruntled lovers.”
“The government argues that the stings are a fair, legal and necessary tool to infiltrate international drug and terrorist groups; and so far federal judges have agreed, refusing to dismiss cases for lack of jurisdiction.”
“The $300 price tag stings, but if it's as good as we hope it will be, I'm sure it'll do just fine.”
“Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad pressed on Saturday despite painful stings from a Portuguese Man o' War and a visit from a curious shark, completing about a third of her journey from Cuba to Florida.”
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