Sentence examples for really stings from inspiring English sources

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What really stings, though, are a pair of third-place finishes in which Westwood finished one shot out of a playoff.

He asked Nelson, "It was right there, how could you miss it?" — David Waldstein (@DavidWaldstein) 14 Oct 12 Now that blown call at second base really stings.

When a once-promising show – like Broadchurch or Dexter or True Detective – rewards your devotion by dissolving into a soggy morass of nothing, that really stings.

It's the lack of consideration that these tourists displayed that really stings, regardless of how much store you put by the volcano's sacred associations.

The article is full of them, but this one from Steve Schmidt, John McCain's campaign manager, really stings:I'm sure John McCain would be president today if only Bill Kristol had been in charge of the campaign.

A devastating Trumbo letter read by Mr. Neeson blames the producers more than Congress for the effectiveness of the blacklist, because they could "apply the only lash that really stings — economic reprisal".

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Their caricatures really stung.

"We really stung them".

"Our eyes really stung," she says.

Then there are the blows that really sting.

"Social media is huge, and has helped us, but these accusations really stung".

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