| 单词 | sting |
| 例句 | Unable to escape the main body of hornets, they had been stung so many times it had proved fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Finn shifted on the gurney, trying to ignore the sting of his cuts and scrapes, and the dull ache that bloomed in his chest with every beat of his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z We both served on the boards of several nonprofits, and as much as he’d been stung by his defeat in the congressional primary, Barack still had ideas about trying for a higher office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I didn't want the part, so why does this sting? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hagrid shouted as Ron and Harry used their wands to shoot jets of fiery sparks at the skrewt, which was advancing menacingly on them, its sting arched, quivering, over its back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly I felt it—the sting of a hand slapping the side of my cheek, and then warm, slimy saliva on my face, dropping to the collar of my blouse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was twisted with amazement and anger to the likeness of some wild beast that, as it crouches on its prey, is smitten on the muzzle with a stinging rod. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It was hot work, and the corn shucks made my skin itch and sting till sometimes I’d wake up at night scratching like I’d stumbled into a patch of bull nettles. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z How did Noah know that the cobra wouldn't bite, the bull wouldn't charge, the bee wouldn't sting? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z They expressed their unhappiness very clearly by buzzing, swarming, and stinging. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The ugly man climbed the tree, but when the bees came out to sting him, they couldn’t get through the scabs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes widen, and I hardly see her hand slicing through the air before the slap lands on my cheek, hard, angry, and stinging. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z As the winds grew in ferocity and speed, the grains of sand began to sting like bites of mosquitoes and then like splinters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The way they knew that Priscilla Willis, the beekeeper’s homely daughter, had a sting worse than any bee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As a result, it stings Americans whose incomes have crept above $75,000. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Not that you could do much breathing in the stinging January air. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In bewilderment, she stood at the window fingering the curtain edge, aware of a sting in her eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In return he showed them how to protect themselves from the stings of poisonous insects and demonstrated the effectiveness of his antidote by placing a live scorpion on his arm. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I did that, Rishi thought, and the idea stung like nettle. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As she was about to hit him, she quoted a line from one of the plays she’d memorized: ‘Best beware my sting!’ The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Another clambered on to his back, stinging him repeatedly with the baton. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The wind was bitter on his face, and it made his eyes sting and tear. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The shower needles stung his scratches, but it was a good, welcome-back-to-town stinging. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For it to be official, your arm had to feel the sting of Farquar’s knuckle. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Bees sting people only once, and then die. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Unsuspecting its abrupt motion, I do not catch it, but it hits upon my face and falls to my lap, cracked and oozing; my lip and cheek sting, and are wet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Despite its uselessness, the receipt helped ease the sting of parting with the last thing I owned from my childhood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sweat was running down his face and stinging his eyes beneath his helm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sting of the hand sanitizer was gone now, which meant the bacteria were back to breeding, spreading through my finger into the bloodstream. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He softened his expression and lay a hand on my shoulder, obviously trying to take some of the sting out of his bald refusal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Who wouldn’t want pets that can burn, sting, and bite all at once?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Blood stung Archie’s cheeks and a pulse throbbed dangerously in his temple. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he felt the painful sting of possibly billions of little mouths in his palm. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The air stung your nose on the inhale and there was water-smoke at the exhale. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Hermione looked frightened that the wand might sting or bite her as she picked it up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I let the pole drop from my stinging blistering fingers, pride taking a distant second to fatigue. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In a strange way I was almost grateful for the beating, because the sting of the welts took my mind away from the horror that I had witnessed. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I touch my neck, which stings something fierce. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Jus’ try an’ slip the rope ’round his sting, so he won’ hurt any o’ the others!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Big fat sloppy drops, little misty ones and the kind that sting when they come down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The spot where he had kicked her stung deep—it would certainly bruise. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare pity me, you nothing,” Thyon snarled with such venom in his voice that Lazlo flinched back as if stung. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I don’t have words to describe what I felt that day, but now, sitting on the train, I am furious, nails digging into my palms, tears stinging my eyes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sharp chips and shards of rock flew up and stung his face. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z For a moment I forget about the sting of the cut and the embarrassment of my awkward nerd-crash. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Another plane buzzed overhead, kicking up a stinging spray of water. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Since then she developed the first-ever treatment for a jellyfish sting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As they slept, the santana wind came up, and they awoke to dust and stinging sand strangling them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The sting of the catapult bullet had worn off. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Strangely enough, even though Mother has wounded me thousands of times, this particular wound still stings whenever I think of how angry I was. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His stinging tail was straight out behind him, but he could whip it up in a flash of time. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They sting from the slashes of the branches. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, Jinny dropped to her knees and began to beat at the boys with her bare hands, brushing and slapping the bees away as best she could, flinching at the stings on her hands. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But she did remember, and told him so, about the slap across her face, the pop and sting of it and how it burned. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Before anyone could help me, I was off again, my knee and hand stinging. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Back home, while Anderson was greeted everywhere as a celebrity, she still felt the sting of racism as she traveled back and forth across the country on concert tours. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I fall into a doorway, tears stinging my eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Of course he wasn’t interested in me, I thought angrily, my eyes stinging — a delayed reaction to the onions. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We filed outside with our shovels into the cold sting of the wind. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Plus, I want to be a lawyer," Kenzi said, trying to control the sting in his throat. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Well, he probably could have, but perhaps not in the way he wanted, and in that case the defeat would have been even more stinging. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She sliced onions, blinking her eyes against the stinging tears. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Dumbly, he endured the pain of the fiery stings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A sharp sting of pain caused him to jump back. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z My eyes sting when I read that, and it makes something in me break. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z That last line lingers in the air, stinging me right down to my toes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I was deaf and alone in a universe filled solid with small stinging gray streaks. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A breeze stirred the mist, and the faint scent of copper stung her nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sun blazes hotly, the sweat stings in our eyes, we wipe it off on our sleeves and often blood with it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed I felt I had been cracked—I had a ferocious headache, I was hungry and exhausted, and for some reason my fingers and toes were stinging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a sting in this arithmetic: in knowing that in the divine calculus of heaven, one man could balance the equation for countless women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He crept downhill, his eyes stinging from the smoke. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Her words were sharp, and they stung more than her slap. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When those suckers sting you, it’s like getting stabbed by fire. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It’s just the sting of seeing the flaming, furious look stamped on his dark, familiar face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to feel the sting of the sea in my eyes and be buoyed by the waves and carried across time to another life. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The sting of a fly, the Congolese say, can launch the end of the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Of course I can!" answered the prince in a stinging voice. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “This isn’t the right place for you. It was only a matter of time.” eyes stung. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He rolled to his knees, the icy rain stinging his skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His absence was everywhere, stinging everything, giving the furnishings primary colors, sharp outlines to the corners of rooms and gold light to the dust collecting on table tops. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He carried a long spear, and his horse kicked up a stinging shower of shingle as he drew rein. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so gentle, Ivy felt tears sting her eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Colonel turned, swift as a wasp’s sting, and menaced into the gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Manticore skin repels almost all known charms and the sting causes instant death. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An adult might be very ill from the sting, but a baby could easily die from the poison. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a tweezers and some rubbing alcohol, and a stinging sensation that never goes away. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I brushed his hand away and took a step back, hating the sting of his words, hating my own pettiness even more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In contrast to this, the Office of Vital Statistics records 33 deaths in 1959 alone from the sting of bees and wasps. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Maybe I was still a little sensitive about the whole JP thing, but hearing him say that really did sting a little. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He was about to connect the cable and plug when something whistled past his ear and then, right afterward, a stinging pain burned into his back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lily looks stung, like she offers to do nice things for me all the time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I make a foam beard and try to look at myself in the bathroom mirror, but it's all misted up, and then the shampoo runs into my eyes and makes them sting. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I swallow hard, trying to push the stinging tears down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z More than a few blacks could still feel the sting of the waiters’ union double-cross. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The brain circuits skip, and she is on all fours, her palms stinging, her knees burning. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Too handsome, too popular, no sting of unhappiness and ambition. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He owed her one, he guessed, but he was still stinging from the slap, so he didn’t bring it up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A stinging wind blew across her dry, aching eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, attempting not to allow the boy to have its intended sting, Antain went on. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “What’s the matter?” he screamed in stinging pain and bewilderment, flinging her away from him all the way across the room to the wall. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Then let’s go,” he said, fighting back the sudden sting of tears. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She winced when it stung but Johnny said that stinging meant curing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was getting rougher, and the salt spray was whipping at my cheeks and stinging my eyes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Keck and stinging nettles grew up as high as his chest, obscuring the path. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The accusation was offhand, but it still stung. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My face was a volcanic red landscape of bites and stings with blue patches of bruising under the eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z What I wanted was someone who knew something about stings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The smell of vinegar and asafetida stung his nostrils, but Estha was used to it, loved it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The stinging grew worse with every step on my walk home. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Bees bumbled through the air, so stuffed with apple they couldn’t be bothered to sting me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z He must have known I wouldn’t react on the site so he’d saved it, hoping that in front of Charles it might still have sting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Inside, he felt numbed and foolish, stung by a pang of guilt and shame and regret. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He splashed whisky on his bleeding hand and kneaded the flesh against the alcohol sting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right! The good bees sting the evil drones to death. But we don’t want to go quite that far,” said Jorge. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I hugged them tightly, unashamed by the tears stinging my eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One baby had been stung and almost died. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the tears came, spilling out before I could catch them, stinging my face on their way down. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The sand stings got worse, and it got harder and harder to walk, as if she were pushing into the wind on a particularly blustery day. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt slap Baby Girl on the back a her bare legs so hard I jump from the sting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A bead of sweat rolled off my forehead, stinging my eyes, but I didn’t dare move to wipe it away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Six months later, when the Long Island station was finally shut down, Elizebeth learned that the FBI had actually been running it as part of a sting operation to catch Nazi spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Some rats ran off down the road, others hurled themselves into the ditch, pursued by the relentless, stinging insects. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I wiped my stinging eyes and pointed to Birdie’s feet. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The one holding me got stung right on the tip of his nose, and he hollered and flapped his arms as if possessed by demons. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “What a silly question,” Mona finally said, though there was no sting in her voice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hazel’s eyes stung, but she was done being afraid. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he’d stand yelling at me to come back and look at all the yellow ants and centipedes and crickets and stinging scor-pions that went scurrying away, hunting new hiding places. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z You feel a cobweb clinging to your face and then comes a mild sting, and after that you don’t feel anything. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Jenny, they didn’t sting me! I am sure I am right in remembering that they didn’t sting me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, the rest of the bears were engaging with the strange cavalry, helped by the Gallivespians, whose stings enraged the horses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The wind blew in fierce gusts as we left the village, stinging our faces with sand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her words tempered somewhat the sting of Cristiana’s criticism and the coolness of the other ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was the way Nana uttered the word—not so much saying it as spitting it at her—that made Mariam feel the full sting of it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to protest, but he started to play Mozart, soft and sweet, and I turned away, my eyes stinging. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Charming! But in civilized countries,” said the Controller, “you can have girls without hoeing for them; and there aren’t any flies or mosquitoes to sting you. We got rid of them all centuries ago.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The wooden blade caught her high in the breast, a sudden stinging blow that hurt all the more because it came from the wrong side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He could see it in the far corner of the tank, its dreadful tentacles with their hundreds of stinging cells, twisting and spiraling in the water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z My cheek still stings from the knife handle, and my stomach burns from the policeman's kick. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He washed carefully, the saltwater stinging gently when he hit a scratch or small cut—there seemed to be many of them as well as bruises. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Stones he hoped would sting his sisters until they cried! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Along in the middle of the afternoon I felt a stinging in one of my hands. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jazz rubbed my back and kept apologizing while the sting slowly drifted away. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She was finally beginning to feel the sting of her stepmother’s slap across her cheek, and when she prodded at the corner of her lip with a careful tongue, she winced. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the memory weaseled its way back inside Toby’s brain, it stung, just as fiercely as though not a single day had passed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I see,” said Milo, and began massaging his black eyebrows together wearily with an expression of interior pain, as though waiting for some stinging discomfort he was experiencing to go away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “They’re poisoning him. He’s too powerful to be killed by their stings, but their poison is keeping him paralyzed. He couldn’t do anything when they came and took his people. He could only watch.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Now the miserable creature was right under her, for the moment out of the reach of her sting and of her claws. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “This is going to sting a bit,” said the drüskelle holding the whip. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He wasn’t like Angel Yanagihara, who stung a mouse, then watched as it got closer and closer to death. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And one of them was going to help me prove the thing I needed to prove: that Franny had been stung by a jellyfish. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sweat drips from their forehead and stings their eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Please sir, a wasp came in through the window and it’s stung me on my lip and it’s swelling up. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a nip was enough to sting my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was sitting in his chair, sharpening his mean instruments and putting extra sting into his medicines. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bees live in there, black bees that sting terribly, but make the best honey in the world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But the stinging pain of the bite was going away. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Consider this: A jellyfish sting is one of the fastest reactions in the animal kingdom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then I tend to his minor wounds, the burns, the stings, which are showing improvement. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I ought to kill her,” said Thor, still stinging from his own failure to launch the ship, and he grasped the handle of Mjollnir, his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Liquid splatters all over, and he flinches as the hot droplets sting his back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I counted so much that the counting and the stings started to seem like the same thing—as if instead of measuring the stings, I was somehow causing them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Hazel zipped from giant to giant, stinging them with the blade of her spatha. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hazel, with the torch beam behind him, had almost reached the other ditch when he felt a sharp blow on one of his hind legs and a hot, stinging pain along his side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I felt the sting of her hand as it struck the side of my face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The wisdom is what you’re supposed to remember long after the sting of the whipping became a memory. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z My cheek stung, and I touched my jaw while she glowered at me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I get up and walk into the bathroom and I feel raw, like my skin was scraped clean and every breath of air stings it a little, but stable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Washing her hands a dozen times a day under stinging cold water with a block of soda brought on her first chilblains. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Black stick fingers smeared yellow paste on his eyebrows, stinging him awake. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Syringes of Grief Serum were included, even though Thomas didn’t think the Grievers would sting them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z To protect himself from the many biting and stinging insects, Roosevelt wore a head net and long gloves so he could write about the expedition at the end of each day. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I felt a sad lump in my throat as the sting on my hand grew more intense. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Red sprinted toward the river slapping at the first wave of bees that stung his arms and face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He fires a throw that stings my hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z After the scrubbing comes the salve, a low-grade sting, then the dressing and the tape with its epoxy-like adhesive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I stuck my stinging fingers in my mouth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My ears hurt and my lungs ached and my back stung where I’d been pelted by debris, but the pain in my stomach was gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It stings a little, that he has that kindness in him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The rain droplets grew larger and drove stinging along. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘No, he will try to trap the fly and take the sting,’ said Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I washed my face and hands, but even then I could smell it within the soap stinging, constricting the nostrils a little. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the scar on his lip, from when he’d tried to eat a stapler as a toddler, stung like a fresh wound. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Sam looked at him and wept in his heart, but no tears came to his dry and stinging eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You will pay for that sting!” she screamed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If we tell her we want to play with our pals she might let fly with a right cross to the head that stings the ears. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If the drama is bad, if the film says nothing, if the play is hollow, sting me with the theremin, loudly. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The word “had” stings my eyes, and I walk away without reading the rest. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help but feel a sting of disappointment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They sailed through the air as the river churned and wailed below them, splashing Annabeth’s bare ankles with stinging brine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She dabs my forehead with antiseptic—they are so careful about germs here—and I feel the sting and prickle of the needle, diminishing by the second as the numbing agent does its work. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Trying to ignore the sting of hurt, I said, “I know. It’s so weird that they’d want me to go.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The sun stung my eyes as I stared out the car window at the cemetery lawn. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It must have stung smartly, but I didn’t feel a thing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When we heard her screams and throes in the night, when her wrists were bound with ropes and stinging poultices pressed upon her, we named her in our prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Lance and the anchorman got all revved up speculating how the sting must have netted a couple big local players—guys with enough power to keep the names locked down tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Afterwards, in the sting and rush and the steam of Fang’s shower, I opened my mouth and let the water pour down my throat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And the blisters on my feet were stinging from the sweat in my shoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She presses her lips together at the sting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At those moments I forgot the itch of my flea bites and the sting of my cracked cheeks; I felt pure, like a scrubbed-clean angel dropped straight from heaven. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin around my wrist still stings, like the belt was real, but it is as pale as the rest of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I blink hard, as my friend’s words sting, and wonder what’s going on in my head. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Her backyard is all frost and ice and our hands sting from the tap water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Glade, the Grievers, the stinging needle, the Changing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The woods were full of unpredictable happenings—snapping creatures, falling branches, stinging insects. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z No lie, it stings a little knowing they hang out without me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The trouble was that I would somehow have to cool the hot blood that would suddenly surge through my body and sting my eyes with a delirious joy. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The bee sting was still swollen, so he could not properly appreciate how beautiful his sister looked with her hair out of its bun, though Helen told him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "This is folly," the small grey man said while she dabbed at the wolf bites with a stinging ointment. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Chew leaves and apply them to my stings that are deflated but still tender. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His tongue was grisly, the throb and sting seeming to fill his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was not the only student expelled from class that morning in January, but I felt the eyes of the students who stayed as I left, like wasp stings on my back. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The tiny electric stings felt like a sleeping limb waking up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I stood on the sidelines of the arena in St. Paul, Minnesota, clapping till my palms stung. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Yes, murdered. Claudius was the serpent who stung my father,” Hamlet said, agony in his voice and eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I feel the cold sting of the steel blade as the pieces of plaster fall away like the husk of a coconut. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The words sting a little, reminding me that I am the low- ranked opponent he’s referring to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I knew I’d see Ethan as soon as I was back, but I didn’t realize how much seeing him again would sting. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d been told my whole life that woolly caterpillars would sting you badly. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He stirred again when we began cleaning the cuts and gouges on his face, reaching for my hand at the first touch of stinging antiseptic. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I was wondering what and where it could be when I felt a hard tug on the leg of my blue jeans and a sting of pain in my right ankle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Ms. Hayes was now on her knees, breathing hard, and the sleep on her breath stung my nostrils. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Milo was stung and made no effort to disguise his wounded feelings. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “My cat died,” I say bluntly, my eyes stinging at my own words. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The stinging smell of garlic surrounded her, stuck fast to her fingers and nostrils. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Again she charged me and I dodged, just missing the stinging swish of the wet towel, and scooted into the room where my brother stood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He throws another ball that stings my hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Pinmei felt the stinging feeling of the rice jar return, its numbness spreading over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z "They’re really not very good scientists. They're more like stamp collectors," he wrote in the New York Times in an article that stings yet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then all the little bees in their bright yellow jackets came swarming out with their red-hot stings, and they hurt Charley so that he couldn’t get away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Without warning, something struck him on the ear, barely hard enough to sting. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Leaves fell around them in flurries, stinging and smarting when they touched Tristran's skin, cutting and slicing at his clothes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Before I even knew where I was, I found myself pulled along by somebody’s hand in the dark and a horrible fiery sting sloshing up my calves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I pedaled as fast as I could, let the sweat from my forehead sting my eyes, blur my vision for a few seconds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z That stung too, because he was not an impatient man. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My mouth felt like I’d gargled used urinal cakes, and my cracked lips stung. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The water struck me like a stinging whip, and I was sure it would knock me down. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In a matter of seconds, the bees flew off, but they left behind two boys covered in stings, angry red welts rising on their faces and arms. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The whole time I tried not to think how much it was killing my back and shoulders and hands, the streaks of dirty sweat running into my eyes and stinging. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My arm stings, my shoulder aches, the bone bruise on my thigh is now an ugly purple-black, and I’m hungry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She missed the fly, but now her cheek stung. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And that means four to five stings every single second. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The sting of cold metal around his wrists pulls him back to reality. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It's as if the leaves are actually leaching the pain right out of the sting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It stings to see him sitting like that and know I can’t really sit with him the way I want to. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The pain in his shoulder was quick and clean, but it continued to sting long after he’d gotten both throwing stars under control. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Wind shoves smoke in My face, stinging My eyes. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the burning sting of tears in the backs of his eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Hand over hand I hauled him up, my back and arms stinging, but not slowing for a second. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My face stings, and the blood in my fists reaches a boiling point. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Sweat pours down my face, stinging the healing acid wounds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Beneath my dress, my wound stings, but I ignore it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I’m not expecting to think this, and before I know it, I can feel my eyes begin to sting and my vision become blurry as water leaks from my eyelashes. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Pop Pop pulls me close to his chest, his liquor-laden scent stinging my nose. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It’s sharp and stings my nose as soon as I walk into sixth period. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z At the last moment, TOC reached one hand out and hit Colin in the jaw so hard that the hornet stings didn't sting anymore. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z My lungs burned, and my eyes stung from the tears. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My eyes were open, the sulfur stinging them, but the water was dark and my hair was wrapped around my face and I couldn’t see anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This time, when it hits the board, my ear stings, and blood tickles my skin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They were stinging day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After that first professional fight he remembered walking out into the night, his face still stinging from the blows he had received, and feeling taller than he had ever thought possible. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The punching bag stings my hands and feet, turning my skin red, and barely moves no matter how hard I hit it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I’d heard the quills of adult screechers caused a miserable sting and took forever to remove. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The nurse stung her with an injection of tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The sting should have kept things distant, just the way I needed them to be. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Something flashed from the corner of the parking lot, then another flash, stinging white light. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She clutched her fist to her chest, as though a severe pain stung her there. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The sting from my loss to Cecilia had transformed into a burning desire for revenge. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She rubbed her fingers over a couple of sting spots that I’d been scratching. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z In the frigid wind, she had little clothing to protect her from its stinging gusts. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She reached as high as she could, but stinging pain lanced through her palms. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad were out exploring in the desert when Lori, who was four, turned over a rock and the scorpion hiding under it stung her leg. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was no longer at all aware of the pains in his lower body, no matter how they might still sting. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z There was stinging rain and dull, chilling fog, and the men flew at week-long intervals, whenever the weather cleared. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see much in the gray light and the stinging rain. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t sting through his thick fur, and he kept brushing them away from his head with one paw. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe so, but that dead catfish learned it sure won’t sting me no more.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Turner wondered what might happen if it woke up and decided to sting his father at some prominent moment—say, when the trumpets of Jericho sounded. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His words sank in deep, stinging all the way. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It stung his face and got in his eyes so that the thing that sprang up in front of him was at first sight just a big, bristling blur. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Jellyfish were stinging every single second of every single minute of every single day. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Of course there’s a sting in the tail of this bargain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Fine, let's talk straight,'' Victor agreed, wiping his stinging nose. At least it wasn't bleeding. “How did you meet Scipio?'' The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z That stings, because, in fact, I am, and it’s ridiculous. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She leaned over and kissed him—a soft, cool, delicate lass, whose voluptuous sting penetrated his whole being—then she moved away from him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The fields were packed with them—honeybees and hornets, wasps and yellow jackets, stinging things I couldn’t know or name —and every last one of them seemed to be at his command. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The unfortunate rodent screamed and danced about with the stinging pain of the thick whiplike tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Frank was the only one missing, though two of the dolphins had bee stings covering their faces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The scent of burning feathers, parchment, and wood stings my nose. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But in their whispered exchanges in the zeppelin, he’d explained about the power of his poison spurs: he couldn’t go on using them continually, because with each sting, the venom weakened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A few more stings might have been too much for me. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel the sting of the burns on his feet, following the patterns of his cleats. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But the cruel, stinging barbs dug in farther, and their stinging torture spread through his face and jaws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A few months ago that comment might’ve stung, but Piper was way past that. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It’s got plastic pellets in it. The worst it’ll do is sting her face, maybe give her a welt. What do you think we are, stupid?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Its brightness stings my eyes, making me temporarily blind. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The foggy night worked as a salve, taking the sting out of words. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He broke the ice in a basin and dipped his face in it with a grimace tike eating something sour, said A-a-ah, and rubbed his stinging cheeks vigorously with a towel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I do my best to hide how much Maxwell’s words sting. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “You pushed me,” I said, brushing the dirt off my hands and ignoring the sting in my palms from where the skin was raw. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Was something—a biting fly, spider, tick, bee—something stinging or biting him inside the tight binding of his tikinagun? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, I sat down on a tree trunk, leaning forward because the backs of my thighs still stung. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Too interested in what she might say, no matter how much it stung. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She turns to me and there’s a sting in her voice. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It appeared that he had only stung the leg, not incurred a deeper injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It stung her, the rub of Shan’s dismissal, and then it became a prickly resentment directed at Blaine, because she wished he would not agree so heartily with his sister. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My face is no longer flaming and my eyes aren’t stinging. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She refused all limitations: distance, age, even jellyfish stings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the biggest disappointment I had ever dealt him, but I could tell it still stung. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Rain, mixed with sleet and snow, came stinging across his back and his left cheek, and he could not see more than a hundred yards ahead. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He gripped the soap bar and his pain reawakened with piercing stings. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She sent a gad-fly to plague her, which stung her to madness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind-blown dust—“frightful dust,” he said, “regular sandstorms of the desert”—continued and stung his eyes and propelled grit into his inflamed mouth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z When her eyes started to sting, she twirled in a circle, and the skirt ballooned out below. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I put the pen down and clicked, again, to that video of him getting stung by the Irukandji. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They hurt them, of course, and infuriate them: like stinging flies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A dull endless pain in my gut that wouldn’t go away even when I knelt on the stingingly frozen tile of the bathroom, dry-heaving. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I balled my bloody hands into stinging fists. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She swings, but I float like a butterfly and sting like Ali. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I close my eyes because they begin stinging. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z At the hospital, Finn was poked, prodded, X-rayed, plucked free of embedded gravel, rubbed down with stinging antiseptic, and swaddled in bandages. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I frowned and looked out the window, stung by the use of my full name. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Jellies can sting long past their own death, long after a tentacle is detached from the rest of the body. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Shampoo gets in my eyes and it stings, and my neck hurts from holding it stiffly over the basin. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Stevens was disappointed about missing the man’s talk—his fellowship often prevented his attendance at guest lectures—but the money would remove some of the sting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Grandma asked, taking the clipboard the lady slid across the desk, her voice still stinging with Grandpop anger. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I still felt the sting of his punch on my right cheek, the ringing in my ear. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Yeah, there was none of that extra sting in her eyes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z My feet get all achy, and my eyes start to sting from doing nothing but staring. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It was nice to be asked, but I needed to keep thinking about those stings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Yes, Baba jan,” I muttered, marveling, not for the first time, at how badly Baba could sting me with so few words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Has tried four times to swim from Cuba to Florida, but each time had to stop because she’d been stung so badly by jellyfish. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She braced for the hot sharp sting that would no doubt come when the shouting boys flew past. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Although his words stung, it was more important to me to get recognition at school than from the campus kids because I did not respect their opinions. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Even through the stab and sting of the juniper needles, his wincing flesh was aware of her, unescapably real. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected him to turn and walk away, but there were six stinging blows on the backs of my thighs, each accompanied by a whistle of air. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not you—my bees! They can only sting once, and then it’s lights out, the big hive in the sky. And now I’ve only Henry left, and he can’t fly ’cause he’s missing a wing.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We stumbled to our feet as a great, hot wind ripped through the area, burning our skin and stinging our eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But then Nat explained, in her calm voice, about how the bees didn’t want to sting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then the supreme sting, the casual, bitter, word. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Back in 2016, when his mother squeezed out a victory in the general election, the bitterest sting was losing Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Score You pass to the forward, whose shot stings like wasabi, then disappears into net. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I had my arms stuck out like the wings of a plane, and the long curved leaves sliced me up but I didn’t feel the stinging. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The FBI caught wind of this, set up a sting, and arrested Westerberg. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets, and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them, they were soon driven back. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z And if it was cold on the ground, it was seriously cold in the air, with icy rain stinging my skin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A sickly sweet scent filled the air then, stinging Ekon’s nose as he tried not to inhale. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But thinking that Sula had an odd way of looking at things and that her wide smile took some of the sting from that rattlesnake over her eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Too much and we’ll get to coughing and our eyes will be stinging.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When she saw her friend at the door, his white beard and his amiable, toothless smile, Mariam felt tears stinging the corners of her eyes again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I feel a second sting on the cheek, a third on my neck, and their venom almost immediately makes me woozy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Just something to take the sting out of me being so broke. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I could feel the tears stinging my eyes, but I couldn’t escape, not with Grandfather holding my hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They stung her arms and face so badly she could hardly open her eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeezed my hand shut to crush it but it got in another sting on my palm. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z A stiff breeze comes off the sea to lift a sting of fine sand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes watered at the hot sting, but within a few days, my skin was healed, whole again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The smoke stung Meggie’s eyes, and the flickering firelight danced on the red walls and columns as if the whole church were ablaze. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “And yes, I suppose there are a great many flies and beetles and crawling things—but they didn’t bite or sting, did they? You aren’t afraid of a fly, are you, George?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Dany gave him a smile, to take a bit of the sting from the rebuke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The cool air is sharp and stinging, and he can see only white in all directions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The place was infested with sting weeds and scurrying field mice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her hands stung where small scratches had accumulated. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my eyes, water stinging like acid. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the center of the previously empty arena, a swirling tornado of stone gray and loamy black whipped up gusts of frigid air and threw stinging clouds of arena dirt into Anya’s face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’d heard that, so I invented my own mixture, adding other ingredients to keep it from stinging.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She held me longer than I expected, wrapped me in the scratchy softness of her black lace dress, the warmth of her powdered skin, the sting of her bittersweet breath, pungent of beer and cigarettes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Out in the field, Brown collapsed in a cloud of stinging insects. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A stinging cut from behind her caught her in the back of the legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One woman was stung by a red scorpion, but hers was the only death. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She hung from the tree, feet dangling, sliced palm stinging. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She likes the stinging green scent released by the broken leaves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s always been there,” I tell him, still stinging from their words. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The hurt, the sting of humiliation, dug in a little deeper. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z My feet have been stinging for the last hour, but I haven’t said anything. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “He is such an idiot,” Addie says, and this gets us both to laughing, which is good because inside I’m still stinging from being called Blubber. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z It stings the insides of my nostrils, so I hold my nose, but it hardly helps. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The bigger boy stomped off down the path, and Bod watched him go, ear hurting, eyes stinging. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And all of a sudden, it wasn’t about a bee sting anymore. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t the only cylinder, though— they are everywhere, filling the room with smoke that does not burn or sting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The sting shot pain all the way to my elbow, causing me to marvel at how much punishment a minuscule creature can inflict. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My knee stings, but I can’t focus on the pain at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It felt wonderfully cool, but the smell leaked through her filters and made her throat sting. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “To ease the bitter sting of my departure.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Twice, he fired straight rights through Alfred's guard, stinging, rib-bruising rights that took Alfred's breath away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the air surrounding him was abuzz with stinging insects. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “But Ucho stings at me all the time. I am tired of it.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Then I realized something: That last thought had brought no sting with it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I look at my nail where my cuticle hangs off, stinging and pink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I mean, I could say it and not break down, but I would definitely feel more of a sting and probably get all robot faced. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The wasp landed squarely on it now, almost embracing it with its black legs as it delivered another sting to the belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The blow left her cheek stinging, but she knew that she had earned it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Vonetta wanted me to get a taste so bad, she whacked herself with the twiggy candidates to get the one with the nastiest sting. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My arms sting from the insistence in Noodle's grip, and I don't know how many times I have to say it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I can feel the sting on my face from Mrs. Devitt slapping me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I say, praying she doesn’t say another word—I don’t want any attention on me, not right now, not when I can feel my eyes starting to sting from the salt. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z It seemed as though the coming of the soldiers had been like the coming of a swarm of wild bees that leave behind them stings wherever they can. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Everything stings, but it isn’t the active sort of flames. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Both my shoulders sting from the tattoo needle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He didn’t think it was any more dangerous than playing with millions of stinging insects and risking anaphylactic shock. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I remove a needle from my beauty caisse, but hesitate to feel the sting. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “A sense of being unable to judge what was true and what was false? Most people who have been stung and lived to tell about it report something of the kind.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Before bees swarm, they stuff themselves with honey, so they’re usually too full to sting,” she said. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Still others felt that fire, as it leapt into the air, produced stinging wasps. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some would fly out every time be opened bis mouth, he had said, but they never stung unless Hugh wanted them to. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I see my mother, with her feet in the tub, waiting for the bubbling, stinging foam to work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She had on a cute flowery tank top with spaghetti straps, and once again I felt the sting of being too afraid to wear such a thing. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Snow blows into my face and stings my cheeks, but I am warm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A sea nettle hitting me in the face couldn’t have stung worse. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The comment still stung, but I kind of understood now what she meant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Rishi still felt the echo of the sting of rejection, even though she hadn’t said anything outright. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The blisters on his hands had finally popped, and whenever he squeezed his hands, the sting wasn’t as sharp. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart was stung by the blunt rebuke and skulked guiltily about his room in smarting repudiation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “And so you joined the army, and it saved your life,” I’d finish the story for him, trying to water down my voice, take some of the sting out of it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It burns the lungs and stings the eyes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Something hot and sharp cut through the air, billowing out under Betty like a stinging cloud of sand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She remembered the fever dream she had after the scorpion sting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It stings. You gather the elder bark, over there. Your mum needs it for your brothers.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The rats were satisfied that both foxes were dead, and if they were not, well, who was going to climb down through all of those stinging nettles into the slippery ooze to find out? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The rain came down hard and fast, stinging his face like a million bees. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z I can still feel the sting from the belt on my back and legs as he violently lashed me in his usual drunken state of mind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He said that he wasn’t scared when he was standing there and the wasps were stinging him and hurting him and he was watching me run away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Then he gave her the news from her plantation, the second item that took the sting out of the Indiana cold. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My lungs sting from a lack of oxygen, but I am not far from the end of the orchard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Her angry words buzzed around me, stinging like wasps. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The tentacles were wrapped all around her, hundreds and hundreds of stinging cells clinging to her arms and legs and chest. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Something’s fishy, and, like the last time, on the first date of my brother’s that I chaperoned, I’m stung with pity for my brother. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I still felt the sting from her remark about the Ocotillo Ball. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Floating and stinging, just like Muhammad Ali, except he ain't sting like no bee, more like a Mack truck, he bragged. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z She pulled the handwoven blanket up around her shoulders and head, and walked into the stinging sand with her head bowed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Brother Rufus had a specific compound that he had invented some years back to deal with such emergencies as summer stings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Isn’t hair remover supposed to sting like the dickens?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The mechanic, a white man with many years of service at the laboratory, sabotaged Byrdsong’s experiment by incorrectly affixing the model to its sting in the tunnel’s test section. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Koffi forced the words, trying to ignore the growing sting behind her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The video showed her injecting a mouse with venom from a box jellyfish—the same kind that had stung her. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He wiped his stinging eyes and turned back toward the stairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She coughed as she ran, eyes watering and stinging until she was half-blind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had once watched his mother attend to a bee sting on his father’s neck. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I feel the sharp sting of his words. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A stinging editorial in the school newspaper, the Permian Press, applauded a new rule prohibiting Pepettes from placing candy in players’ lockers every Friday. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat crept into his eyes and stung them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Erosion on Earth slowly wipes out information, but because they are gradual—the patter of a raindrop, the sting of a sand grain—those processes can be missed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He put up with the stinging and held his tongue. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Tears stung her eyes, and her nose tickled as it ran. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I felt hot and breathless and stung, like an antelope struck with an arrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sass was suspicious of books, treating them as if they were scorpions and might sting her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I could see it in their faces, and the irony stung more than I expected it to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She winced as her movement panicked the bees and she felt another sting. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z You always hear it and always it stings. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That look stung more than I thought it would; I shifted and hid behind the pyramid, my face burning. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The empty sheets sting my eyes and claw at my throat. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z My wrists sting from the plastic tie the guard squeezed around them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The wind whipped at her hair, stinging her neck and cheeks as they skimmed over the white-capped water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As a boy, he had been fond of playing with bees—Beowulf means "the bee- hunter"—and one day an angry swarm had attacked his face, stinging his cheeks and eyelids rather badly. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Below, in die galley, Tyrion was rinsing out his mouth with rum and water and wincing at the sting when Penny found him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And when he was done counting, I could have told him about the twenty-three stings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My fingernails digging into my palms begin to sting. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z After while the stings and the fish-guard bite quit hurting so much. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Feeling a stinging on his cheek, Calder wiped off some blood. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The pain stung and my skin turned red, but it was completely worth it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I step through the entrance and the sharp smell of spices stings my nose. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I am crying, he thought, opening his eyes to stare through the soapy, stinging water. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I liked him because he had been stung and it hadn’t changed him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As soon as the latch of the door had clicked shut, the whole humiliating recollection of the naked man in formation came cascading down upon him in a mortifying, choking flood of stinging details. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I help peel, waving the stinging smoke from my eyes as the women talk and joke in Quichua, ignoring me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dried Billywig stings are used in several potions and are believed to be a component in the popular sweet Fizzing Whizzbees. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand times he felt the sting of the buckshot. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Its sting was said to make it a serious menace to human health. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I leave behind choking white smoke, but even so, it stings my throat, my eyes, my breathing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I signed the note “Philippe L’oeil” and thrust it into my purse, praying that it would be discovered and sting the conscience of my would-be robbers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Before we could get warm, we’d feel a horrible stinging sensation in our hands, feet, and face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Benny stung Robbie with that one, but before Robbie could snap back, Mr. Ray came out of the church with two other guys also dressed in black suits. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The rain and sea spray stung my eyes, reducing everything to a blur, but as the lightning flashed, it lit—for a second—something jutting out of the sea. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And the thing that stings most, to me, is that I'm so helpless to stop the madness. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold water makes my eyes sting bad, but I can see what I got to do, sort of. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z A strong, stinging smell came from that place. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They did a few circles overhead, then got their bearings and began stinging every adult in sight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And it stings, not because I haven’t been yelled at before. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The smart of her hand and the ache of her heart were forgotten in the sting of the thought, “I shall have to tell at home, and they will be so disappointed in me!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward another slave spread a stinging ointment across the cuts on his back to keep them from mortifying, then covered them with a cool poultice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Little bunny knows everything about everything,” Ayanna said with a roll of her eyes, but she smiled at Chestnutt to take the sting out of her words. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z With my eyes still stinging and my nose all clogged, I say in a low voice, “Did you see her too?” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One of Priscilla’s hands twitched, and Finn knew she had been stung. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Jewels and chunks of gold shot from the fissure with such force, they cracked the cavern walls and sent shrapnel flying, stinging Hazel’s skin through her jacket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The trees started to rush by, whipping Tally’s arms with the sharp stings of evergreen needles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z For Caesar, this is a natural place to segue into all the ways we did get hurt in the arena, from burns, to stings, to wounds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I felt a punch, right in the middle of my back, between the shoulder blades where it stings the most. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The blade followed, hissing like an adder Taran felt it sting across his back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But the Bay Area’s smog stung his eyes, the traffic noise gave him headaches, and the pollen made him cough. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Something about her words stings more than a slap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t even flinch from the sting of her words. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The beast’s snarl turned into a whimper; Con ripped his weapon out and struck again, drops of hot blood stinging his hands. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Venia and Octavia, a plump woman whose entire body has been dyed a pale shade of pea green, rub me down with a lotion that first stings but then soothes my raw skin. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My eyes stung with tears and I blinked them away. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And she slammed out of the bathroom and left me there, stinging from the inside out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The tropics will intoxicate you with the sweetness of frangipani flowers and lay you down with the sting of a viper, with hardly room to breathe in between. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The kerosene only seemed to make my feet swell up and sting. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But except for some blistered hands, stinging eyes, and lingering coughs, no one was badly hurt. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Though the day is bright for a change, it is particularly cold, brisk air stinging his ears. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She smiled at me in a way that made me feel I was about to get Part Two of the beekeeper’s induction, Part One being the sting. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was swept by the memory of his humans’ car roaring away in its stinging spray of gravel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He unwrapped his hand and wiped down the finger, gritting his teeth against the sting. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I run full speed, faster than any laps I’ve ever done in gym, faster than when I got stung by a bee when I was six. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z My throat swelled until it hurt, and tears stung the inside of my nose. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Winnie had killed a wasp once, in fear and anger, just in time to spare herself a stinging. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Head to a room of dangerous things—fangs and claws and barbs that sting. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Jealousy had got hold of him: she stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Fine, but I’m running. I don’t want to get stung.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Insects buzzed around her, lazy dragonflies and glistening green wasps and stinging midges almost too small to see. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Snow pellets borne by 70-knot gusts stung my face; any exposed flesh was instantly frozen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Trying to ignore the stinging dæmon, he picked his way up the little gully where the stream ran, stepping from rock to rock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But then I remember my mother crying at the table, and the stinging is replaced by a flush of adrenaline. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Despite the chill in the air, sweat stung his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The hot, soggy air hit my nose, and I scrunched my eyes closed at the sting of the horrible smell. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It took her a moment to process the sting of fresh pain, the warm trickle running down her forearm as beasts and beastkeepers alike yelped in surprise. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The scar Luke had given me last summer was fading, but I could still see it—a white asterisk-shaped wound where his pit scorpion had stung me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s started to rain harder, the kind of lashing rain that stings when it hits your skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I chased the raccoons into the night and stumbled over a third animal and was struck by a wet stinging spray. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time I had seen a grown man cry like a child, and I felt a sting in my heart. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And sure enough, I feel the sting, potent and painful. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In spite of this, when he thrust his hands into the new opening, some of the insects were alert enough to sting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Janae’s face drops, and I can tell that stung her a bit. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Flickers of gold-orange flames were visible, and even several yards away the acrid stench of smoke and burning grass stung his eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And I could only reflect, that were Pomp there, he should know of the ways of the marsh, and tell us what might save us from their sting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There were little fern-shaped fossils, and fossils that looked like scorpions stinging themselves to death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I still feel the ghost of a stinging belt on my wrist. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It stung his eyes; the smell was thick in his nostrils. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The day of the dinner, though, he got stung by a bee. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A sign next to one of the tanks had said that there are 150 million jellyfish stings every year. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The stick will sting, boys.The ash plant will whistle through the air, it will land on the backside of the boy that jeers, the boy that sneers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z This was a trick he’d learned from Gran, and unlike with rattlesnakes, it actually worked on bee stings. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Scorching pain flared up both his arms; he felt the sting of raw skin on his hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In that moment, Genie had a quick flash of the honey badger who got stung to death by bees because he wanted the honey so bad. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When, a week or so later, she woke up in pain, a sharp stinging on her side and a great, sickening nausea pervading her body, she panicked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z About stings and venoms and beginnings and endings and all the creatures that no one else seems to understand. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If you molest us again, sir, you may feel the sting of the lash across your pitiful shoulders. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It's not yet dawn, but my stinging eyes can see it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The Underlanders were baffled by his anger and stung by his tone, even if they couldn’t understand his words. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My arm stung, but I was also seething. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They are still out there with their twenty-three stings every five seconds. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And if Petey’s words and moods occasionally stung, her lips were always soft. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z One moment he could be placid, the next he turned into choppy waves that broke hard and stung. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She would not cry, it was ridiculous to cry after so long, but her eyes were filling with tears and there was a boulder in her chest and a stinging in her throat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Some in our group called her Sorry Eva because she often said appalling things, but inserted the word sorry before or after, as if to soften the sting. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Henry pulled his hood on against the stinging wind, so I did the same. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes sting from Grass and long words in books. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her words stung like sleet, mostly because Piper had had the same thoughts herself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There’s silence, and salt stinging my eyes, though I won’t let the salt fall, and I think my heart must’ve stopped because I don’t hear it anymore now. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z More diamonds had surfaced around her, and her eyes stung from crying. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She coughed as she started a fire; the wood smoke stung. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The rain was falling harder now, stinging the eyes and drumming against the ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Hugh’s insects swarmed and stung people until they were banished from the house, after which Hugh spent all his time at the window, his bees screening the other side of the glass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And the bees had a right to sting him, when he jumped on their home. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu's words had been light, free of shadow, and yet he heard in them the sting of other meanings. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I was prepared for his wrath, but the cold shoulder stings more. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It’s getting colder, and the flurries have turned into steady snow, but the sting of the wind against my face suits my mood just fine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His right knee, where he had fallen earlier in the day, was no longer bleeding but still stung. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I give Rue some matches and she makes sure I have plenty of leaves in case my stings flare up again. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t lie to her and say that my pride, my iftikhar, wasn’t stung at all that she had been with a man, whereas I had never taken a woman to bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m your best friend of all time,” he answered, trying not to let her words sting. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He slapped at his neck where the mosquito had stung him and came away with a needle-thin dart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The garlic stalks, which Mama hated and Doc loved, had recently blossomed into fat flowers, adding their sharp, stinging scent to the air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I knock him down and try to grab his hair to bang his head on the ground but there’s a sharp sting across the backs of my legs and I’m pulled away from him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Before battle, they would thrust a finger through a small opening to be stung, and under the influence of the venom, they were unstoppable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That night it was reported that a serpent had stung King Hamlet and its venom had instantly paralyzed his heart. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A stinging wind blew in a silver mist and the cold rock was hard and unyielding. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She reminded me that the world was really one big bee yard, and the same rules worked fine in both places: Don’t be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pearl felt stung, as Mrs. Richardson had known she would. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Growing up in a Victorian upper-class America in which reputation was social currency, he must have felt the sting of the family’s ignominy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The tang of blood and the stinging reek of decomposing flesh. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My throat aches and my eyes sting with sweat, each breath is like inhaling fire, and I think I am weeping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “She’s slick. Dusty still hasn’t got a clue that she was in on your sting.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I felt tears stinging my eyes as the bus pulled out of the station. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The cuts sting, but I mostly feel weak from the sight of my own blood. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I rubbed the stinging, sticky spot near my ear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His laugh was a pinprick: not sharp enough to cut, but deep enough to sting. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Do you know what would happen if they saw us?” she whispered, shifting her stinging feet, the crushing of dry leaves seeming far too loud. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But how can I care, under the stinging? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They would destroy the magic he felt, the sweet sting of onions in his eyes, the glow of Olanna’s skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were always laughing, and the men’s eyes were always bright with the sting of whiskey. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And that sound was a hiss, like a sting or the sizzle of water on coals. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I took another sip of tea, grimacing at the sting in my throat when I swallowed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Now they did strip off their shirts, for no other reason than to stay cool; their backs and ribs were marked where the fencing wire had whipped and stung them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z There was a fire burning in the center of the hall, and the smoke stung Shadow’s eyes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z More often, though, the ideas that flocked to him lacked real sting. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That time she overdid it I was almost to the river before the stinging stopped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By midday we found ourselves plodding into a stinging, cold, hard-blowing storm. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I feel the sting of truth in his words, but I lift my chin. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z With the most casual slowness I reached down my new rifle from its sling over my bed—the .222 with its bitter little high-speed, long-range stings. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For the last hour Sela had led them through stinging nettles, swarms of midges and marshy ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As the tears came stinging to her eyes, Lupita heard the door open. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The stinging whip of hives lashed my neck. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She patted him gently on each cheek, but it still stung. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The blow stings, but I barely notice it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Kaede remained out on the deck for the three-hour crossing, preferring the salty sting of the wind in her face to the cramped warmth down below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Or that horrible woman when she got stung in the bum by a bee!” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "Except in—" Stanley suddenly felt a sharp sting on the side of his neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He had a small, ragged mustache, and beneath this his lower lip looked as though it had been stung by a wasp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z My throat felt tight and my eyes stung with tears. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I stay in my seat for a few seconds, absorbing the sting of her words. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The third time I do this, it flies at my face like its gonna sting me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The bell is the round part of the jellyfish that pulses like a heart—it’s the only part you can touch without getting stung. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "I should know how the dog bites, how the bee stings!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The captain leans closer, the acrid smoke of his pipe stinging my eyes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I remember the belt stinging on my wrist in Tobias’s fear landscape and slip into the space between them, pushing Marcus back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z First she would touch the invisible sting spot and say, “Does that hurt?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He roared in pain each time one found its mark, but they affected him like bee stings. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A volley of bullets whistled past the basket, one striking a spark from the suspension ring and making Lee’s hands sting with the impact but none of them did any damage. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of his lower body has fared pretty well, just one tracker jacker sting and a few small burns that I treat quickly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I had already felt the sting of a belt-whipping and carried each blow in my memory. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z An Irukandji sting results in excruciating headache and body pain, vomiting, sweating, anxiety, dangerously fast heartbeat, brain hemorrhage, and fluid in the lungs. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z How they would only sting if something went very, very wrong, if they were scared or hurt. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But something in her eyes—it felt sharp and stinging, like a slap—made me stop. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t need this slave,” I snap, to cover the sting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I plunk down by the fire and roll up my pant leg to reveal the sting on my knee. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I ignore them, ignore the soreness in my arms from digging a grave only a night before, ignore the sting of the wound through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He opened them to an intense stinging and burning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There were ravids, too—great cats with fangs like scythes—and birds that mimicked human voices, and scorpions whose sting imparted superhuman strength. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Candice’s hands had already turned into fists and her eyes stung. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was numb, I was half-deaf, I was sick, shaking, stinging, and smudged with dirt and oil. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They undressed him, and his clothes were full of yellow jackets and their stings were swelling up all over him. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We were to do what he told us, he said, or we would feel the sting of the wooden club he carried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z At first the water stung my scrapes, especially behind my knee, but then it felt good. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Or: “Frau Elena, does a bee know it’s going to die if it stings somebody?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Scorpion: “Those who get stung by a scorpion end up on the floor.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I tried to keep my eyes open but the saltwater stung too much. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z But here, now, surrounded by stinging bees on all sides and the motherless place throbbing away, I knew that these bees were not a plague at all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Boys everywhere called themselves Ali, and emulated his “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” routines. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as though she were in a state of partial decay, and with each gust of frigid, stinging wind, she wondered when her skin would rip from her bones. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nathan did everything in his power to not think about the words “stinging” and “sharp.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A stinging blow from a weasel’s club sent Basil limping and tripping to the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She clenched her hands into fists as her eyes stung. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Tears stung the back of my eyes, and I was glad it was too dark for Doc or my brother to see. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Admittedly this is painful and one is well advised to avoid being stung, just as one ordinarily avoids the sting of wasp or bee. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Dimple wasn’t sure she’d even seen her, but it still stung. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She referred to it as nature’s fail-safe, as if that could draw the poison from the sting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He’d plunged his hand into a pile of stinging nettles in one hole, and into a clump of mashed blackberries wrapped deceptively in a leather pouch in another hole. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what, but as surely as one feels the sting of shards when an hourglass tips off a shelf and smashes, he knew that something was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I listened to the music, ignoring my stinging lip and the blood running down my chin, into my hands, down my arms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z One sting and my skin bubbles with hives and my throat closes up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian staggered backward out of range in a daze, clutching his stinging cheek with bewilderment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Another shell burst, closer this time, and they felt the shock of the air and a second or two later the sting of earth and stones on their faces. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Haymitch has his own troubles over in the woods, where the fluffy golden squirrels turn out to be carnivorous and attack in packs, and the butterfly stings bring agony if not death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I took a sip and felt the familiar sting of fizz but with the sweetness of cherries and sunshine all mixed together. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Walking down the street, minding his own business, he stopped to retie a shoelace and got stung, right between the eyes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured him standing in there among his colleagues snorting with satisfaction at every stinging stroke. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z His shoulders still stung from the scratches; when he put his hand to them he could feel the little welts. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She leaned over and kissed him—a soft, cool, delicate kiss, whose voluptuous sting penetrated his whole being—then she moved away from him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Tears stung behind my eyelids, but I blinked them away. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There was also the night at the deli, when I'd been bitten and stung by insects, and the day when I'd been beaten up at the docks. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Must sting to know they care just as little about you as they do about the rest of us.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Twigs crackled under my bare feet, stinging the soles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes against the salt sting and kept on. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I feel what has become a familiar sting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He said, “Sometimes, my friend, the scorpion sting has a curious effect. There will be apparent improvement, and then without warning—pouf!” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind picked up motes of sand that stung their cheeks and forced them to shield their eyes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My eyes stung from the fumes, like someone had peeled my lids back and rubbed a lemon on them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It stung to talk about it, and I rubbed my chin and looked away, at my twinkle-light photo wall. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The arctic morning air stung my cheeks as I gazed out over the uneven sea of trailer rooftops. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Tears are stinging the back of my eyes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the dull pain of a winter strap, there were these new green switches that lost their sting long after the whipping was over. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The stinging helped distract me from remembering how I had hurt them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Apple said anything about Petey having a sting, Finn would punch him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Most of the young men simply couldn’t stand the biting and stinging. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The hangers cut into my arms, sting my shoulders and back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The stinging place in my throat had turned into a big lump. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He stood still, his eyes closed and stinging, his lungs heaving, trying to expel the smoke. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He dispatched Mercury to Carthage with a stinging message for Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the wind echoed between my stinging ears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They covered their faces against the stinging spray of dirt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “This will sting a bit,” he said, his hands strangely gentle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I eased down beside her, suspending my breath at the water’s sting. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as the stinging intensified and I rolled myself out of the truck, my head began to throb and I hobbled toward the house. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The “used to” stings, but I just say to Mrs. Rooks, “Yes, ma’am.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I swallow the sting of those words leaving my mouth. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The sting of ashes in his eyes, tiredness, fear, enraged him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Read to me, I say, my eyes and scalp already stinging from the tug of the brush through my hair. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Her nose stung, so she rubbed at it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Face stinging from Meir’s cold rebuttal, I looked down. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The sting of it would stay with me for months, even as plenty of my colleagues at Sidley confessed that they, too, hadn’t passed the bar exam the first time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Butterfly bodies and legs are thin and sleek.Some moth caterpillars have stinging hairs and must be handled very carefully. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her stepmother berated her for her mistakes, and initially Ash would reply sharply, but each time she felt the sting of her stepmother’s ringed hand on her cheek, she sank further into silence. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That, combined with my stinging pride, made me feel even worse. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Palms stinging, I reeled back, the alarmed voices merging into a dull liquid roar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He moved up the stream and away from the wood, holding the scratching, stinging, biting insect dæmon, and trying to conceal himself as much as he could from the man who was stumbling after them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Hands stinging, knee throbbing, she sprang back up again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z My face stung from the driven sleet, and my eyelashes were coated with ice crystals. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A particularly brutal wind swept through and the Vanderbeekers didn’t bother turning their backs to avoid the sting on their cheeks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z However, even amid the nearly constant biting and stinging insects, the men made headway with the portage, finishing it in two days. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z There was no malice in Feral’s words, but they stung like a pinch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A bush with the leaves that healed my stings. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As Zane did his best to rub the sting out of the back of his neck, Marigold stood to her full height, hands on her hips. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His words sting, and he isn't even looking at me to determine their impact. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “We were out in the waves, looking for fish, and he got stung. Jellyfish.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But no matter how many times it happened, the sting never lessened. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Not that I’d have been able to feel the sting in my state; pain didn’t matter anymore, but all the same I wanted to stay alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some of the berries weren’t ripe, and they stung like rocks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Just for a moment, but already the loss of it stings. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They were stinging his face and his hands and his neck and his nose, they were crawling up his pants’ legs and stinging and crawling down the back of his neck and stinging. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain came in off the sea hard and slant and stung their faces and he pulled the boy against him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z For a brief moment, he thought that he might try to use his gift, to call forth the vibrating power and eradicate the stinging poisonous rash on his arms. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He shoots a penny that hits my shoulder and stings like a mother. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A ragged line of chopped nettles on the grass marked her progress, as did the stinging white bumps on her feet and ankles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There had to be jellyfish experts out there—people who knew about migration patterns, or stings, or other things I wouldn’t even think to wonder about on my own. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z No tears come, even though my eyes sting like I'm walking through smoke. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sweat made the raw skin sting all the way up both arms, leaving his shoulders with a dull ache. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I feel stinging pain, see my blood drip. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We couldn’t believe our eyes nor our ears nor the fresh sting in our noses. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It's nothing she hasn't said to me a dozen times, but this time it stings. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It felt like a wasp had stung me in the ribs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I snap the rag till my palms sting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Assassin’s eyes widened at the sting of Tanin’s words, and she whirled away, darting soundlessly into the undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Even with the falling snow, the air had the sting of salt water, and we crunched broken seashells under our shoes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It stung like a betrayal, but I know better now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Black smoke obstructs my vision, stings my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though I knew that couldn’t be true, some part of me almost believed it: like, if only I could just stop counting, maybe I could make the stings stop. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It looked normal, but it was still stinging. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My eyes stung with tears, and there was no holding them back. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z My knees are weak and my feet sting as if I have been electrocuted. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sting did not touch her, she accepted it as a pleasantry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Their oars slapped against wind-tossed waves, sending up plumes of icy spray that blew back into their faces and stung their eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He's badly bruised with a long burn across his chest and four tracker jacker stings, if you count the one under his ear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They receive multiple stings before they're even out of my view. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Giant stinging nettles grew in clumps among the boulders, and they brushed against our bare skin and caught our legs on fire. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mouth dried up, all the moisture apparently being converted into stinging tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z My eyes moisten and sting, and then I lose all control of my jaw and the chin-quake begins. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Hundreds of bees, stinging it from the inside! Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z But Clement resisted all these efforts to silence him, and he was stung by Ann’s charges. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When the monster struck a blow, Conor felt the sting of it in his own fist. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes and they stung with smoke. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Laila pictured herself in a refugee camp, a stark field with thousands of sheets of plastic strung to makeshift poles flapping in the cold, stinging wind. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Lying belly down in the darkness, Cole felt his legs and chest sting as if they were on fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The next day I started feeling a stinging in my eyes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The bee made a U-turn and came right back and—zap—stung Joey right on his arm. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake my head at my parents, tears stinging my eyes; I have no words. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She turned her head to the front quickly because at the word bravely her eyes started to sting. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Tarheel blacks did not need Jesse Helms’s stinging insults uttered over the body of their fallen leader to push their anger over the edge. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The dwarf continued to pump, his eyes stinging. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Is that where the killer straps the girl to a dentist’s chair and uses a drill on her, but first he says, ‘Now, this might sting a little. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I laughed off Roy Lee’s song, but it stung just the same. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The cold air stings my cheeks and my hands as I hesitate. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Higher up, their breasts bobbed like jellyfish, softly pulsing, tipped with stinging pink. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He squinted, his eyes stinging from the hot, filthy air, and looked around. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The goddess’s claws raked across his chest and stung like boiling water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Directly after the wedding, as the bride walked in a meadow with her bridesmaids, a viper stung her and she died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I should be happy that someone else can, but instead I am sitting here feeling like my heart has a million welts on it, stinging and burning. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Slight sting of the ball against my palm feels real good. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z My eyes stung and my throat closed, tight and burning. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I stiff up and tears sting my eyes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The wind came stinging into his face and he remembered how weak and cold he was. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I walk into my own room, slamming the door behind me, eyes stinging from dust and bitterness. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Blinking against the stinging seawater, I watched as the spikes of rock shattered the stone hull. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One morning I slapped an enormous bee between my hands just as it had lit upon a flower and it stung me in the tender center of my left palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon their stings were covered with blobs of wet tobacco dripping brown, wintergreen-flavored juice. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “If they got hold of us,” said Pantalaimon, meaning him and Lyra, “and got their stings ready to stick in us, Will’d have to do what they said.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” Marco says, though his back is aching from the fall and his eyes still sting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t like it when it stings,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He was jumping up and down and hundreds of bees were stinging him all over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian never forgot the stinging sense of rejection that came with hearing those words. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The sky and the driveway and the house and the car and Susie gurgling and Mom’s hands pressing me, and my skin stung and I couldn’t get the words out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “It stings like a bee, no?” she says. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It stings a lot, though, doesn’t it?” he asked. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z It felt like he had been stung by a giant bee. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My cheeks felt hot, and my eyes stung like I was going to cry. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My eyes sting from the smell of typing ink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z His eyes were stinging, and the world was a blur. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I walked to her, tears stinging the rims of my eyes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The tom was scratching and struggling to get out of my grasp, leaving stinging red lines all over my bare arms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stupid and confusing ideas quit coming and got their place took by a stinging in my eyes and a loosening in my nose and a choking in my throat. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The inside of my nose stung as I breathed in the icicled air. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And with the third I was conscious of a warm, stinging sensation in my abdomen, to the left of my navel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mom had only been gone a few months, so talking about her still stung. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If he hadn’t been wearing sneakers, he would have been stung. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The temperature dropped and the exposed parts of my face began to sting. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The slap of the water against your feet stings momentarily and then cold, salty water shoots straight up your nose. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The hag hissed in outrage, and Tyrion got a lick of the whip across his back, a stinging cut that drove him to his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She'd lost the sting in her voice, and I could see her eyes, red rimmed and watery—like she was dehydrated or had just cried it all out for too long. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And I feel my eyes beginning to sting. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Her hand was stinging, and the blood had started dripping off her palm and onto her shirt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I mean, I saw you in that hospital bed, almost dead from a sting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The insult stings like a slap to the face; Tao has never spoken to me that way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The cuts stung and didn’t heal for a couple of weeks, but I didn’t mind. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I am treating his child for a scorpion sting.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I held the rope in my hands and felt a stinging in my eyes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I stare uncomprehendingly as a trickle of water drips off a sting under his ear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A spray of pellets followed, stinging into their hindquarters so that they leaped simultaneously and redoubled their speed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The hot water was wrenched on high and Moss left his hands underneath it, the heat stinging his skin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She slapped his knife away, leaving his fingers numb and stinging. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My mother warned me to stop, telling me that bees made honey, that it was not good to kill things that made food, that I would eventually be stung. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “This will sting just a bit,” said the guard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The ticket man's face twitches like he's been stung. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The wind was high, and the sharp desert sand blew hard, stinging Bod’s skin. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They surrounded the covert but the sow got away with the sting of another spear in her flank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Before I could plot a logical course through the icefall, the wind came up, and snow began to slant hard out of the clouds, stinging my face and reducing visibility to almost nothing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I am crouching in a bush and sweat runs down my forehead and stings my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fatima crashed onto the sidewalk, the skin on her knees scraping off into stinging red strips. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Whenever she could catch Jim Don’s eyes, Ansley Matthews threw him long, telegraphed, slow motion kisses that stung Ben in their passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With it safely in place she clung to the rail in her oilskins and sou’wester as the stinging spray broke over the bows and surged along the deck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Screeching and leaping, the fans at Mr. P’s gave a good imitation of monkeys stung by a swarm of bees. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Her cheek was hot and wet and stinging with pain. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He wanted to see if Mom and Joe were running yet, too, but the rolling light pointed the other way now; the rising smoke stung his eyes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Stopping, he wiped stinging sweat from his eyes, salt tears produced by his skin, his whole aching body. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I left the cloud of smoke and rubbed some of the sting from my eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They enter complaining of the cold that has persisted this far into spring, of the stinging, bothersome wind that tosses the treetops outside. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My eyes are starting to sting from all the salt in the tears I try not to let fall. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The salt in my tears feels good when it stings my lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I don’t really drink, just let the liquor sting my tongue. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena asked, eager to change the subject, but also wondering why the question stung as much as her wounds. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As a gay activist once put it, “Only by fully embracing the stigma itself can one neutralize the sting and make it laughable.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Simultaneously, he swatted around his face, which, as it happened, only indicated to the hornets that besides stinging his head and neck, they could also sting his hands. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Something about this caused my own eyes to sting like sand had flown into them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears sting at the corners of my eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z They killed the bees that were stinging him and they shook the bees out of his clothes and then they dressed him again and sent him to the house. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl glared at them, sucking on her knuckles to take the sting out, and Sansa was horrified. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Where the iron touched his skin it felt like knives and needles and nails, like the searing pain of frost, like the sting of a hundred biting flies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It stung a little, and fragments of earth fell down his collar and under his clothes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Her skin, raw and bleeding in spots, stung as she found a crevice for her toes to squeeze into. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I braced myself for either the scolding or the sting of Big Ma’s right hand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I hitched gusts of air, tears gushing down my cheeks, stinging the raw flesh of my lips. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The tears cleared away the dirt from my eyes, stinging as they crossed my split lips. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When the tears start to sting my eyes, I don’t turn away, embarrassed that my dad sees. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z My chest gurgles and my throat stings from the tear gas. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z My eyes stung with the salt of my sweat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Soon my brows are stinging, my hair’s smooth and silky, and my nails are ready to be painted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I asked as I wiped stinging tears from my eyes. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I treat my burns with the ointment and try dabbing a bit on my stings as well, but it has no effect on them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The awful smell stung my nose, but after working up my courage, I took a swig. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The awful pain in my eyes had turned into a bearable sting. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand massages my stinging cheek; I taste blood in my mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I felt a sharp sting on the back of my head as if a little rock had hit me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But they don’t even have to think about that, about who they sting or why. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I knew he was kidding but it stung a little anyway. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s enough to make my eyes sting, to make me clench my teeth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Alex felt a sharp sting he was stunned to identify as envy. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She had never heard of anyone dying of a scorpion sting, but she had never seen anyone stung by such a big one either. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed her cheek where he'd struck her, to take some sting from the blow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tears stung her eyes, and the whip creaked as it rose again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I hang on as the plane navigates around the S curves, and my hands grow stinging paper cuts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Its long sting was curled over its back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A day like that you can feel summer in the air, and the smell of cut grass, and the sting of salt from the harbor. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a sting in her words I understood too well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And as Jinny felt the hot bite of a single annoyed bee sting her hand, she had a flash, a vision of what would happen when clumsy Ess hit the hives. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “The little bees were in such swarms as to be a nuisance. Many small stinging bees were with them, which stung badly,” Roosevelt wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem that he was going to get a stick, and I felt fear, stinging and raw, fill my bladder and my ears. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The air took on a wintry sting as night fell, and in the morning, as I headed up the trail, a glaze of frost sparkled from the rhododendron leaves. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When stung, patients report a feeling of impending doom; some patients are so certain that death is imminent they beg physicians to kill them so they can “get it over with.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She couldn’t tell if the tears in her eyes were from the pain of her stings or something greater. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His words are like ice—cold and stinging. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My face burns with the memory as my eyes sting from the spices. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z In stinging rebukes, Strong questioned William’s loyalty and friendships, and at one point limited his contact with British officers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Bloke got stung by a jellyfish and his whole leg swelled up like a dirigible. They had to cut his leg clean off to save him.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Make the pain sting and settle right into the deepest parts of her soul. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The back of my throat stung with tears. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The force of the retching has squeezed tears out of my stinging eyes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was running down her nose and stinging her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “And where exactly are we supposed to fix the leash? Around the sting, the blasting end, or the sucker?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mama grabbed Frieda by the shoulder, turned her around, and gave her three or four stinging cuts on her legs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I shielded my eyes from the stinging rain and looked, but all I could see were waves and fog. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a chilly day with a sharp, stinging wind—not the kind of weather for being outside. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My cheek stings, and the ache of it vibrates beyond the handprint. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never felt time’s sting as sharply as I did then. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I was about to reach out for Jamie, and I was about to get stung. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At this point, the audience’s response changed to: “Oh! Oh! The bees sting! Oh, my mother!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The bee sting on the side of her neck.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I watch them silently ticking and blink back the stinging tears. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I put a little sponge inside the mitt, but it would still have a sting to it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined myself riding a tan horse into the summer sunset, swatting any mosquito that tried to sting my awesomeness. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It stings to put my weight on it, but I don’t care. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “There were some stinging belly flops, but the pain was worth it when our leader handed us the coveted dagger with its inscription blood and honor. From that moment on, we were fully accepted.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The stinging was raw now, even more like bites, because the metal landed on open skin on my side, my back, my legs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He never forgot that sound and the sand, stinging his face at the graveyard while he stood close to Josiah. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I leaned forward in the dark to kiss her and there was a sharp stinging flash. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z At any rate, small darts stung his legs and he had to fight to keep from moving. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gerald wiped his stinging eyes and saw that the stairs were smoky, but not yet on fire. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His father laid a stinging backhand across his cheek. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In fact, she said, stings helped her arthritis, but since I didn’t have arthritis, I should cover up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You were stung in your first Hunger Games, so unlike most of us, you have firsthand knowledge of the effects of the venom.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I know the stench and sting of chlorine. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like she was stung, too,” said the princess. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Something hot stung the back of his neck. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Olga was the clean one,” she adds, in case it didn’t sting enough. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It reddened his cheeks and stung his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then there are my wounds to contend with -burns, cuts, and bruises from smashing into the trees, and three tracker jacker stings, which are as sore and swollen as ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was psychically injured from not winning the tournament, and he couldn’t eradicate the sting of his four bitter losses—robberies, he called them—to Tal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The cut on my eyebrow breaks open again, the hot blood stinging like a razor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And in that moment, between when Colin thought Hornets! and when he would have said “Hornets,” he felt a searing sting on the side of his neck. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Their thick gray armor; their powerful, scuttling legs; their fire-blasting, ends; their stings and their suckers, combined to make the skrewts the most repulsive things Harry had ever seen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He loped steadily along, and the swarms of midges and stinging insects could not penetrate his matted hair. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I can’t see properly—tears are stinging my eyes, everything is a blur. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow came sideways and bit with stinging flakes at my face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lars flicked his finger over one of the cables, and Nina gasped as stinging little barbs jabbed into her arms and torso. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The funk of Chris’s feet stinging my nose all over again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe this was why the other kid that they’d found in here had been as big as a whale, he was swole up from all the hornet stings! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I know it shouldn’t sting to see him having breakfast with Harriett, but it does. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There was something in her eyes, stinging, blurring her sight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By the time I was finished, something like twenty-three people had just been stung. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I cross my arms and put my neck and whole body into those words so they can sting him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I sat on the side of the tub while Rosaleen dabbed my arm with a stinging icy swab. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The words were like ice water, so cold it stung. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z With the sun setting, the coldness of the air would eventually sting. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After Jamie was stung, he writhed in pain for two full days, which is almost three thousand minutes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His skin erupted, stinging as the spiders bit into his flesh. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z My feet hit the pavement so hard the soles of my feet sting. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My eyes are starting to sting with salt water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "The killer was very cunning, Westing said. I read a mystery once where the victim was allergic to bee stings and the murderer let a bee in through an open window." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind shrieks, blows stinging sheets of snow into my eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The salt stings my tongue, makes me thirsty. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hartshorne and May, in other words, had set up a sting operation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s not a mystery to me, Henry,” she now answered, her whole face looking as though it had been stung. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My hands sting, and that’s when I notice the stitches, small and even, across one palm and up the side of the other hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And she knew stings weren’t the end of the world. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It only made a body restless and fill up with bees all wanting to sting something. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His face throbbed, stinging so badly he fought to keep his eyes from watering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There was no scorpion in it, only a beetle stunned by the cold, but he gritted his teeth against an imagined sting and felt venom bloom power in his blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z An ant stung her on the ankle and she picked it up in her fingers and looked at it very close. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It stung anyway—partly because I knew she was right. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The slice was only half an inch, but its sting was fierce. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly my cheeks were stinging and the guard was tossing my beard up and down in his hand, giggling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think they’ll sting us—the Changing was a Variable meant for us while we lived here. But that part will be over. Plus, we might have one thing going for us.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But after a while my mouth was stinging with the salty bitterness. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Okay, look, I know I did a few things I shouldn’t have—Ouch! That stings!—but we can work this out.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He blinked hard, hating the tears that stung his eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her arm was in a sling, and her thigh stung as her legs moved under the covers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mate and I could keep the house entertained for hours, telling and retelling the horrors until the sting was out of them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand and leave the room, quiet as a mouse, the queen's threat stinging like a fresh cut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I try not to let the brain damage comment sting. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if you can understand me. I need some of your blood in order to save Fablehaven. This might sting a little, so try to be brave.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I had a few scratches but had avoided any bee stings. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Larger than regular wasps, they have a distinctive solid gold body and a sting that raises a lump the size of a plum on contact. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a stinging slap to all of the black workers who had hitched their fortunes to the white man’s union. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Throwing away a big portion of their food had become standard, and the guilt stung every time. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z A slight breeze offered some relief from the insidious and torturous swarms of biting flies, stinging bees, and disease-spreading mosquitoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z That stung me, and I recoiled instinctively, as if to protect myself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her final act of spite was to fall at Briony’s feet and sting her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Losing on the world stage stings, but I knew in time the pain would fade and I was going to be okay. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Her words rip through the phone like paper cranes attacking my face until I’m covered in stinging cuts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Now a whole month might pass between beatings, the bad beatings when she pounds me until I’m sobbing, until my legs collapse and I curl up, stinging and throbbing and aching, on the floor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn went back to his house and stood under a hot shower, even though it stung the cuts on his face and washed off his bandage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I know the bull that charges and the serpent that stings” could only mean that she distrusted Americans, and that this mistrust had come from experience. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The possibility of it stung more than she would have liked. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She said it with a hint of sarcasm, but it stung like an insult anyway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Celaena’s eyes stung as she spotted the guards loitering in armchairs in the great room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Before I saw it coming, I got the one thing Big Ma always promised in her scolding: the sting of her right hand. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I walked toward them with those tiny feather steps you expect of a girl in Japan, and lowered myself to the floor, determined not to cry, but the sting was already gathering in my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I scrubbed at its remains in the shower with my oil-control acne-fighting face wash, and my forehead was still stinging as I got dressed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z All that Ragear felt was a sudden sharp sting to the side of his neck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In Los Angeles, thousands of people found their eyes and throats stinging with mysterious fumes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “If you ever leave me again,” she said, her eyes stinging, “I swear to all the gods—” Percy had the nerve to laugh. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The memory of her words warms me from the inside out as the sting of missing her swells inside my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His eyes were stinging, his hands were shaking. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The hands kept brushing against her body, and gradually the vicious stabbing feeling gave way to a harsh, full-body sting. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Tears are coming, stinging the backs of my eyes. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Ant mounds on lawns or playgrounds may create a situation where children are likely to be stung, but this is hardly an excuse for drenching millions of acres with poisons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her whole face and neck felt like hot, stinging needles. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany snapped her hand to shake the sting from her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Luna woke her up, feeling tears stinging in her eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My thoughts go to the necklace at my throat, the sting of my own palm against my cheek, the sound of Oak’s laughter. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I tried to sound casual, like I didn’t care, like I was only stating a fact, but my voice wobbled and I could feel my eyes stinging. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “My granddaddy says it’s the stinging that drives out the hurt.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He stood still beside the water jar, feeling the tears come into his eyes and sting the lids. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Perhaps Riddle felt the sting of his public excoriation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing there in my thin robe with my stinging skin and heart, I know I can’t bear even one more look of regret. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z People have not exaggerated the effects of the tracker jacker stings. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The scent of blood and roses stings my nose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I sat in the office chair and closed my eyes, trying to get some of the smoke sting out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything eased for a second, and I felt my vision refocusing, air stinging my lungs as it rushed back in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The acidic stink of the fluid hit hard, stinging my eyes and attacking the back of my throat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He sat down on my bed and started telling me the story about the time Lori got stung by a poisonous scorpion. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If one stuck in your hair and stung you, it sent out a chemical message as it died and all who received it were compelled to come and sting and die at the same place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The smell of the salve stings my nostrils, and I wrinkle my nose. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sweat kept beading down her forehead and stinging her eyes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We each have but one pair, much needed during this dry season when the earth stings. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She breathes in the wintry air, which stings her lungs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She stung my palm until it was red, then lashed me across my bare legs until welts rose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I never had anything wrong with my heel except the time the sting ray stung it when I stepped on him when swim-ming and paralyzed the lower leg and made the unbearable pain. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The prop wash peppered me with stinging bits of loose dirt and small gravel, but no big rocks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Hornets, on the other hand, can sting repeatedly. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And I threw it back in his face with an insult to make sure it stung. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The sting that followed snapped me out of the hazy, numb stupor I was falling into. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I took a minor sip, and as soon as I swallowed, I felt my body rejecting the stinging syrup of it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I waited to die, for the bees to cover every exposed inch of me in stings that would shut down my nervous system. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Jellyfish are stinging machines, and their stings are as violent as anything on Earth. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Weren’t you scared? I heard people can die from bee stings.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My neck and back were like coiled springs, and my eyes stung. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her muscles ached, and her face and hands had started stinging again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But the second didn’t sting nearly so much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Violet lay back down in the dark, her legs starting to sting. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I floundered under the water, my skin stinging all over, sure I was drowning. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It stings his eyes, and his skin tingles. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A lacrosse ball stings me—back of my thigh. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “You’re going to get stung if you’re not more careful. My niece over in Benton? She got stung on the nose. Yeah. They almost had to cut it off.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z That stung him; he let me have it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I started asking around about opportunities in entertainment law, thinking perhaps that it might be interesting and would also spare me the sting of a lower salary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By then they had gained a few pounds, earned wages, and begun to forget the daily sting of the plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They curtained the windows and crawled over me, trying to enter my mouth and ears even as they stung me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Even her picking a switch off the forsythia bush and stinging my legs would have been welcome. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some feeling was slowly returning to them, mostly a stinging, prickly heat that was like a painful mockery of the soothing warmth I had felt a minute ago when I was drifting off to sleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The cold wind numbed their fingers and stung their cheeks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z His touch was gentle, the water warm and soothing."This is like to sting some," the maester warned as he wet a cloth with wine that smelled of crushed herbs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead, I just stand there for a bit, looking up at my old bedroom window until I feel tears sting the back of my eyes, and I know it’s time to go. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My father’s voice has a sting to it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z After using his machete to hack his way through the dense foliage—all while getting stung and bitten by wasps and ants—Kermit would set up the sighting rod. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I pull some more—not caring that I’m dirty and my eyes still sting. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z And more and more than that, sweat running into my eyes and starting to sting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He could feel the blood stinging his cheeks and running hotly in his arms, as though it were some foreign warm fluid taking over his body. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z |
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