Sentence example with the word 'smarting'

smarting

Definition n. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Last update: July 15, 2015


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It may be said to have begun with the visit of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce to Paris in 1900, at a time when France was still smarting from the humiliation of the Fashoda affair, and the Boer War was exciting hostile demonstrations against Great Britain throughout the continent of Europe.   [Please select]

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For twenty-five years we have been smarting under the disgrace of the extermination of our bison millions.   [Please select]

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My smarting fingers make movements of self-defence which my will is not always able to control.   [Please select]

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Her cheeks were red and smarting from the blows she had received.   [Please select]

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He hesitated when he reached the door, smarting with his honest hurt; and he paused there and made a request.   [Please select]

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The Southerners, smarting under the reconstruction acts, could regard the Republicans only as political oppressors.   [Please select]

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To put the matter briefly and plainly, Captain Kidd was smarting under the indignity which the club had recently put upon him.   [Please select]

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