How to Use "stung" with Example Sentences

1. But for some environmentalists the defeat stung .

2. Mr keeley says that central bankers have been stung by criticism for poor market timing on gold .

3. Investors were badly stung by commodities in 2008 but they have been quick to forgive and forget .

4. It comes six years after ibm sold its pc division to lenovo , and nec 's delay means it was stung with more losses and got less for the business .

5. Many chinese investors are still stung by the memory of china national offshore oil 's 2005 attempt to buy a stake in the u.s. energy company unocal .