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Sentence Examples The bug of enthusiasm and the youthful spirit in the air stung Trivedi too. Those spikes on the head really give you some larry dooley if you get stung. The wind whipped at her back and her hair and the sea spray stung her skin. In the forest by her house we picked wild raspberries, and I got stung by nettles. A serpent has stung me in my very orchard, an incestuous, adulterate beast born of witchery! They were, in fact, driven back up the kloof by the swarm, and one of them was badly stung. She ducked her head against his shoulder, out of the wind that stung her eyes and reddened her cheeks. As with any type of wasp, bee, or yellow jacket, please exercise care to avoid getting stung! It suddenly leapt forward at full gallop as if it had been stung, leaving white, surfing churns and spirals of water in its wake. But when he told me I was letting myself go because I wore a size 8, it stung so much I thought I might collapse with the weight of it. We played rounders and cricket in the street and sometimes that ball really stung. It contains venom in the spines on its back and so a person can be stung by inadvertently stepping on it. The smoke of the fire stung his eyes, the cold and the whisky left him like a baked Alaska, alternately burning and freezing. Rose's fingers were numb from the cold, white with sharply marked red tips, and they stung bitterly as she dug them into his scratchy coat. No matter how many times they were said and no matter who said them, comments like that always stung. In the event, the beekeeper was victorious and only one man, a former sergeant major, was stung on the forehead. Even if a person has been stung before with no reaction, he or she can still have an allergic reaction to a bee sting. I felt slightly stung, as though I'd completely misjudged the previous caliber of the story. He was stung by the punch and unwisely chose to start mixing it with his opponent. Despite being summer, the temperature was below 10 and the intermittent rain stung like birdshot. Show More Sentences The comment stung Renae and she felt the danger of tears as her eyes moistened. I said harshly, still stung by the way he had practically slobbered over the lovely herbalist. Ice packs or sodium bicarbonate soaks, if available, may then be applied to the area stung. The players were obviously stung by criticism of their performance in Christchurch and determined to make amends. The study comprised 28 patients from the centre of Spain who had suffered systemic reactions when stung by vespids. You remember the old story of the tender-hearted man, who placed a frozen viper in his bosom, and was stung by it when it became thawed? The words stung, and I forced my face into its normal smooth calm, determined not to let her know that she could hurt me so easily. Were we stung into action by the snide objurgation from members of the public? A businessman from East Yorkshire has died after being stung by a tiny jellyfish in what is thought to be the first known fatality of its kind. After a happy few hours snorkelling on Monday, I was unfortunate enough to be stung by a jelly-fish while walking in the surf on Wednesday. There is also a new and rampant variety of anemone on the bottom, and the chance of being stung by jellyfish or anemone is no longer unlikely. The most terrifying is the story of the swimmer stung by a particular kind of jellyfish. We reached the dive site without incident, every pair had a dive in turn and all divers were stung equally badly by jellyfish. I cautiously waded in up to my thighs, and was immediately stung by a jellyfish. Pain from his arm was rising intensely from the glass cutting into his palm and the sweat that subsequently stung the wound. At first the saltwater stung his wounds, but he got used to it, letting the water clean him up. A sharp burning sensation stung just below his shoulder, thrusting his slim frame forward in the saddle. His wounds still stung from the day before but the serum he brought with him would heal them in less than three days. The air was cool and sharp and stung her nostrils a little as she breathed it in. A pepper grain went up my nose, and the spicy broth stung my throat terribly. Show More Sentences The open wound in my shoulder stung sharply, but I merely held it as tight as I could, willing the bleeding to stop. Apparently stung by the criticisms, unnamed American officials attempted to set the record straight. Finally announcing pricing details for its broadband satellite service, BTopenworld has stung Internet users just where it hurts the most. Having been breached so comfortably, United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were stung into action. Somehow that reality stung me into confronting the person my mother intended me to be, and who I would become if I kept stealing. However this stung him into action and by half-time the visitors were 26-5 down. I'm pretty close to the station, but if for some reason I wanted to catch the bus part of the way, I'd be stung for an extra zone 2 fare. If you have been stung by an insect, remove the insect's stinger with your fingernails, if possible. She poured the rubbing alcohol straight on the wound, and let a scream escape her lips as it stung terribly. He is probably a little surprised by the extent of this reaction and stung by the charges that he is a Hitlerian aggressor. Ronnie Robb was walking through a paddy field in the foothills of the Himalayas when the wasp stung him. He had a dream that some children were poking a bee's nest with a stick and that the bees swarmed out and stung his whole body. Lincoln's schoolyard was covered with tiny black cinders that stung the flesh in a fall. He said the bees had posed a danger to members of the public and civil servants and had stung him as well. But I had to keep this ice pack firm on my lip, even though it stung and was unmistakably cold. The sleet stung our faces and made the rigging icy and slippery, the yards were swaying back and forth with the roll of the ship. The mystery behind the clownfish and sea anemone relationship is how the clownfish avoids being stung and killed by its host anemone. As I opened the door, the strong piercing cold, and the rain, stung me in the face. If stung by a fire ant, the first recommended step is to apply a cold compress to relieve the swelling and pain. The comment stung Winston's eyes with pinpricks of embarrassment, and he wanted to run until he couldn't see straight. Show More Sentences Instead of looking at the sea, he found himself at the boulevard, his eyes being stung by the intense ferocity and strength of the pounding gust. Breathing in ash that stung my lungs I coughed, bending forward and finding support against someone else's shoulder. He gagged on the sulfur, coughing and sputtering as the smoke stung his throat and lungs. Her face stung from the cold, her arms prickled, and she shivered slightly. If you go overdrawn without agreement on your bank account you get stung by penalty charges and punitive rates of interest. We clung to a wire fence while wind-blown sand stung our faces and we tried to keep grit and dust out of our eyes. The others attempted to help her and were likewise stung by the enraged Tarantulas. Hallim recalled he was so badly stung at one time that he had to be hospitalised. I was cleaning up my flowerbeds for fall when a wasp flew up and stung me on the cheek. When a nasty wasp stung two of us, the shaman congratulated us, saying it would help mitigate the future contraction of arthritis. I wouldn't mind, as I remind my wife, but I've never in my life been stung by a wasp. But this is the time of year that a lot of people usually get stung by wasps or bees. The latest accident is thought to have been triggered when one of the horses was stung by a wasp, causing it to bolt. The vote or die campaign that was launched by young Afro and white Americans stung the heartland of America to the quick. Hopefully we won't be maimed by saltwater crocodiles, eaten by sharks, or stung by poisonous jellyfish. As we gained it, the wind shifted, and a cloud of smoke, black and acrid, stung my eyes and made me cough. One evening we labored, stung by nettles and mosquitoes, to set up Sewell's camera blind on Otter Pond in the great marsh. He jinked into the box from the right flank and stung van der Sar's palms with a left-foot strike. Dent hopped around home plate, stung by the force of the foul tip. I thought he'd be a little stung by that, but the guy can take a joke. Show More Sentences In aquariums, where a clownfish has been introduced to a new host, it has been observed that the fish exhibits behaviour consistent with being stung. Trevor's close shave unfolded on August 17 when he and fellow Croydon ramblers were walking along the banks of the River Arun when he was stung twice by a hornet. Whilst baiting up I inadvertently stood next to a wasp's nest, and was attacked by dozens of the varmints, getting stung about 10 times on various parts of my body. She gasped as he hit the tender parts and moaned as he dabbed it with something that stung at her wound like alcohol was being poured over the gaping flesh. Still, the criticisms have stung, particularly in the age of post-Mitt Romney Mormon mainstreaming. Getting stung by a jellyfish is among summer's beach bummers. The cigarette burned a hole in Adam's thin sleeve and stung his arm. The water hurt his nose and stung his lungs and he felt fit to burst. The words stung him and he put his hand to his belt to where the hilt of his sword was as if to assure himself that he was as much as a man as any. The wounds stung and I shuddered when she applied the pressure. A sharp pain stung his neck, and he lifted a hand to explore the area, grimly satisfied when he found a small dart, about as long as a joint of his index finger. It was much more fun to be a gadfly than to be stung by one. Like most budding apiarists, my first concern was to avoid getting stung. A sharp intake of breath was the only outward sign I gave that it stung. As the researchers walked around barelegged, often climbing mountains into cooler, beclouded rain forests beloved of leeches, they were mercilessly stung by mosquitoes. The fumes of the city stung harshly in my nose as I inched towards the Ramblas, one among twenty thousand making for Barcelona's famous promenade. Even 16 years later, Ryan still seems to be stung by the fact that the baseball commissioner's office did not have a representative on hand for the historic game. It may be stung a number of times before full acclimation occurs. My bare legs were instantly stung by nettles, and a swarm of wasps gathered around the fake flower-reeds I had to drape myself in to become Titania. Comforting in that they show that our intended message hit the target and stung. Show More Sentences Wind from the top, twenty miles an hour, stung his faced, but he was sweating in his white snowsuit. That stung, and when McConnell approached Reid late Monday to strike a deal, he was rebuffed. And rather than enjoying my puerile comments, Scarlett was stung. It stung like a million wasps, but suddenly, my hand was back to normal. Once, he was bitten by a horrendous dog, and was also stung by a wasp. If you get do get stung by a jellyfish, always apply vinegar immediately. Stung to the quick by allegations our banner graphic looked very 1994, we've done a bit of a redesign here. I myself was stung by some wasps and went into mild anaphylactic shock. It is thought the animal was either bitten or stung by an insect. Jackie, whose eight-year-old daughter Libby has cerebral palsy, said she was stung into action when she was asked if disabled children needed to play. He carried me outside and the cold, bitter wind stung at me. If you should get stung by a box jellyfish, you won't get off lightly. This time last season, the Mansfield Football Club was stung into action. It means that I'm probably going to be stung for excess baggage charges when I check in, but I should be able to claim that back from the company. Stung by his reproach, she counters by reminding him that her lack of ardor is understandable given their night of lovemaking. Bertakis was apparently trying to remove the spotted eagle ray from the boat when he was stung. Something stung my elbow and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball. Boy howdy, boy howdy, boy howdy! I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet. He laughed, but the comment stung. It always had. It meant that even his closest friends saw him as inauthentic, the fake McCoy, a Halfrican. One way of doing this is through a passive construction, the girl was stung by the bee. Show More Sentences For a maritime power the loss of their access to the Mediterranean stung financially and psychologically, and the Carthaginians sued for peace. The Bulls were definitely stung by the Hornets at the beginning of this first playoff game. Some Bulls were lost in action. In 2010, at a New Hampshire beach, pieces of a single dead lion's mane jellyfish stung between 125 and 150 people. In 2006 the Spanish Red Cross treated 19,000 stung swimmers along the Costa Brava. Especially stung was the City and County of Bristol, which had had its own Lord Lieutenant for centuries. Other enemies, like the smaller weeds, he could overcome, but injustice, that quitch grass of life, was what stung him to fury. Scottish curler Eve Muirhead was left facing a race against time to make the first European Tour event of the season after being stung by a wasp. I want to hear from others who are scared of being stung so they stay away from fun occasions to avoid the possibility. Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better. Right so came out an adder of a little heathbush, and it stung a knight in the foot. I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds! This false evidence... stung me to the quick, and raised an indignation scarce conceivable. Rotting fruit lying on the ground in the back yard are drawing yellowjackets, got to get rid of them before one of the dogs get stung. Winger Akihito Yamada was so excited he jumped into the sea at Brighton, got stung by a weever fish and missed the Scotland game. Three people were stung by weevers in Tenby on Wednesday and a man had a bad reaction to the venom on Newgale beach. That way the pups can practice catching the arachnid without the danger of being stung. As a child, I was once stung by a huge Portuguese man-of-war and to this day I can still remember the agony. Several people stung by the scam reportedly went to the police. Stung by the poor reviews of his thriller Liberty Two, Lipsyte was lugging a bigger canister of dynamite. He stung his arms, and while he was rubbing them with a dockleaf the witness saw some tattoo marks on his left arm. Show More Sentences Nevertheless, when one of their number was stung by a jellyfish there was a huge clamour of excitement over who should be first to widdle on his welts. The alarm clock stung a bit more today. The lineup at the coffee drivethru was longer. You felt a little bit more stabby in the gridlocked traffic. And watching Brendan getting stung by a tarantula hawk wasp? Examples from Classical Literature Sues saucy, self-congratulatory toss of the head 14 stung her so that she could have cried out. Burke started, as if the tones of his companion's voice had stung him like an adder. Napoleon withdrew his hand as sharply as if a bee amid the fruit had stung him. The snow came in sheets like birdshot, a half-sleet that stung like hail as it cut 235 the face. She started as if stung with the very lash with which he so callously threatened her. He was stung by some old recollection, and had marched off, seething with fury. Eugen, as if stung by some tormenting thought, sprung up and we left the wood. The lash stung me dreadfully, but I was able to smile in his face notwithstanding. In any case she must often have been stung by the exasperation of those at whom she gawked. It tingled at 17 their fingers, smarted into their faces, and stung their chests. He shook hands with his opponent, who, stung by the rebuke, now began to sniffle. We had seen the last of that poor ship, stung to death by a Hunnish sea-asp. Because the goblin bee has stung our own souls, shall we seek to share the pain of its stateless sting with all we meet? If I had only stung him into being a man for a minute I would have abandoned it. But she, too, was stung to wrath by the insinuation which his words contained. It was as if the iteration of that charge stung him out of his chill anger. But while your heart is only bruised and sore, mine is stung deep and lacerated. Although my bare legs got considerably stung, I forgot to swear in Tehuelche, and forgave the plant for old acquaintance sake. Gus had not too much sensitiveness in his character, but this unmeant insult stung him. Better remember my little school-mate as she was before the poison stung her. Show More Sentences It may have been playfulness, yet the girl jumped up as if she had been stung by a wasp. As these were ophite temples, a story has been added about this person having been stung by a serpent. Mr. Dunbar winced, as if the announcement of the girl's refusal had stung him to the quick. One day I encountered a sand-wasp which had just stung a wireworm and was dragging it over the ground. Sometimes he turned and pantomimed as ably and fiercely as a man being stung by a thousand hornets. The note of patronization, the tone of superior wisdom, stung the scientist. All the segments, excepting the last three, were stung from front to back, beginning with the prothorax. The prince was stung to the quick, though for the moment he kept his rancour hidden. So it seems quite certain that a ratel never gets stung, no matter how many nests he may rob. One of the tiny slugs stung through my calf and ricocheted down the passage. As he spoke, a thousand fanged thoughts stung me to the heart. In another story, a Smurf gets stung by a black fly that again turns his skin jet black, drives him insane and deprives him of speech. Burlingame was stung by the laughter in the court and ventured a riposte. We dwell but on the roses by the wayside, and the strong briers that stung us are, to our distant eyes, but gentle tendrils waving in the wind. Emad said that the stung guns, an electroshock weapon that stuns people into submission, are a hot item in Cairo's informal arms bazzar. Then the match burned down, and stung my fingers, and fell, a wriggling red spot in the blackness. A gust of wind and sleet rushed through the opening and stung their faces. I started, as he said this, as if I had been stung by a reptile. In the excited state of his sensibilities at that moment the action stung him to the quick. What stung me, was the identification of the whole affair with my unoffending self. Show More Sentences Monsey jumped, with a scream, out of his seat as though stung by an adder. The radiated light was so intense that it stung even his hardened skin. If Hubert was stung by this asseveration, he did not show it. I've been stung before by local black-and-white wasps called the bald-faced hornets. King Henry leaned far forward and stared at them closely, but the Bishop of Hereford, when he saw their faces, started as though stung by a wasp. Nelly got stung by a wasp, my head began to ache, and we sat looking at one another rather dismally, when Nelly had a bright idea. She smiled at me mincingly, for the vinegar stung her lips a little. He backed 'The patchouli Girl,' and in that shining garden he got stung. Stung to madness, he vainly hoped, as many another has done, to fling the whole thing from his heart by one desperate effort. The redolence of garlic and parsley and herring wafted through the air and stung his nose. He was stung by this repulse, and stood mortifying himself by thinking of it until he was disturbed by the entrance of a maid-servant. And the journalists, stung to the quick, retaliated with the only means in their power-printer's ink abuse. The flies, swarming through the screenless doorway, stung disagreeably. And one of Nimble's points had stung dodger like a hornet's sting. But a New Thought stung him, turning him almost sick with a sense of loss. It stung her to hear her friends suspected of behaving unjustly. Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by his saying. The point of the jest immediately became a sting, and stung my conscience. She was stung by his words into realization of the puerility of her act, and yet she felt that he had magnified it unduly and was consequently resentful. So tense was he, so bent upon the work he had to do, that the sweat stung his eyes unwiped, and unheeded rolled down his nose and spattered his saddle pommel. Show More Sentences Scott's spot-kick cancelled out David Winters' first-half strike but striker Dennis Wyness stung the league leaders when he snatched the points for Dumbarton. Longtime beekeepers, they have each been stung thousands of times, and it seemed to them that speed mattered more than style in removing stingers. After saving for months for the trip he was ROBBED at gunpoint, STUNG by a sea urchin, BEDRIDDEN by sunstroke and HEAD-BUTTED by a giraffe. Stung by his language, his tormentors had immediately bristled at him with a great show of resenting unjust oaths. The thought of her morning's renunciation stung her conscience, and she tried to expand once more into that impersonal condition which was so lofty and so painless. The remembrance of her own loveless marriage stung Magdalen to the quick. This must have stung the Secretary when he read the press reports, not only because it was so epigrammatically pointed but also because it was so devastatingly accurate. I was so stung by this brutal remark that I took my custom elsewhere. 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