How do you use Sting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hurt or bite, plus the exact meaning.
Sting in a sentence
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Sting meaning
- A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Synonyms of Sting
Using Sting
- The main meaning on this page is: A bump left on the skin after having been stung. | A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom. | A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- Useful related words include: hurt, bite, prick, ache.
- In the example corpus, sting often appears in combinations such as: the sting, sting operation, sting of.
Context around Sting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sting
- In this selection, "sting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, variations, baja, package, baja and protector stand out and add context to how "sting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2008 with sting joe sumner and a butterfly sting like a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sting" sits close to words such as affection, aisle and allison, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A Lubbock man previously arrested during a sting operation has been arrested again. (13 words)
Animal goes for multiple covers, but Sting is out at two each time. (13 words)
The STING package offers three distinct variations: Sting Baja, Sting Protector and Sting APC. (14 words)
On 2 October 1991 (Sting's 40th birthday), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during The Soul Cages Tour to perform "Walking on the Moon", "Every Breath You Take", and "Message in a Bottle". (37 words)
As someone said, 6 ft 3 and 215 pounds is the equivalent of boxing great Muhammad Ali in his "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee" era — the fittest point of his life. (34 words)
But with Sting, they’re digging a rescue tunnel, and Sting is like “one of my fans need me,” and Marge says she’s never heard Bart listen to any of his records. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
The STING package offers three distinct variations: Sting Baja, Sting Protector and Sting APC.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, posted about the alleged sting video from her official X handle, stating, "The shocking Sandeshkhali sting shows how deep the rot is within the BJP.
But with Sting, they’re digging a rescue tunnel, and Sting is like “one of my fans need me,” and Marge says she’s never heard Bart listen to any of his records.
A Portugese man-of-war sting is “a lot worse” than a sea nettle sting, Carman said.
The sting of an Asian hornet contains an alarm pheromone, and other hornets from the nest may follow the pheromone and also try to sting the victim.
Costello later reprised the piece on the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2008, with Sting, Joe Sumner of Fiction Plane (Sting's son) and Sylvia Schwartz.
In the 1980s, Sting and Summers became tax exiles and moved to Ireland (Sting to Roundstone in Galway, and Summers to Kinsale in County Cork) while Copeland, an American, remained in England.
On 2 October 1991 (Sting's 40th birthday), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during The Soul Cages Tour to perform "Walking on the Moon", "Every Breath You Take", and "Message in a Bottle".
She summons a swarm of black bees to sting them, but they are killed trying to sting the Tin Woodman while the Scarecrow's straw hides the other three.
AEW advertised several matches for the card including the debut of the Sting, Darby Allin & Adam Copeland team.
Allin led the Southern Cali crowd in an ovation for Sting, who shared a moment with his son ringside before waving goodbye to LA for the last time.
A Lubbock man previously arrested during a sting operation has been arrested again.
A man who thought he was chatting to children online drove 100 miles into a police sting.
An "aggrieved" paedophile claimed he was trying to trick hunters after being caught in a sting for a second time.
Animal goes for multiple covers, but Sting is out at two each time.
Anthony Goward drove hundreds of miles to meet his 'victims' - who were part of an undercover police sting.
Any Black person in America has felt the sting of having a racial slur thrown at them at least once in their life.
As someone said, 6 ft 3 and 215 pounds is the equivalent of boxing great Muhammad Ali in his "Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee" era — the fittest point of his life.
A stifling defense, an underrated offensive line (although the injury to Aaron Banks does sting), elite weapons, and a genius head coach are all prevalent on the 49ers’ roster.
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, and Sting are among those who have made similar moves.
Common combinations with sting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sting 47×
- sting operation 20×
- sting of 18×
- sting and 13×
- sting out 11×
- to sting 9×
- sting in 8×
- and sting 7×
- of sting 7×
- sting to 6×