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sting

/ˈstɪŋ/ verbe C2

En français : piquer

  1. To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
  2. To puncture with the stinger. (transitive) · A mosquito stung me on the arm.
  3. To hurt, to be in pain (physically or emotionally). (figuratively, intransitive) · My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.· My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.
  4. To cause harm or pain to. (figuratively) · I thought I could park in front of the hotel, but they stung me for five pounds!

He/she/it stings · Prétérit stung · Participe passé stung · Forme en -ing stinging

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Dans la bibliothèque

He is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his sting and leave him harmless for the future.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 98 · C1
She had been a very small child when she had heard one aunt say of her to another, “What a pity she is such a dark, homely little thing.” Marilla was every day of fifty before the sting had gone out of that memory.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 69 · C1
It would have been ever so much sweeter to her if he had felt the sting of his defeat.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 130 · C1
“Go to the strangers and sting them to death!” commanded the Witch, and the bees turned and flew rapidly until they came to where Dorothy and her friends were walking.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 80 · B2

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