sting

01. Don't try to catch that bumblebee or it might [sting] you.

02. The sea anemone is a plant-like animal which uses its tentacles to catch and [sting] its prey.

03. She got [stung] by a jellyfish while swimming in Hawaii last summer.

04. I got [stung] on the hand by some kind of poisonous plant, and it was really sore for over a week.

05. The [sting] of most scorpions is apparently not very dangerous.

06. Spiders generally use their [sting] to paralyze their prey before eating it.

07. His cheeks [stung] from the icy wind.

08. Beverly was [stung] by the insults thrown at her by her classmates.

09. Boxing great Muhammad Ali boasted that he could "float like a butterfly, [sting] like a bee."

10. There is a Lebanese proverb which observes that he who wants to eat honey should endure the [stings].

11. There is a Vietnamese proverb which notes that the human tongue is more poisonous than a bee's [sting].

12. You're more likely to get [stung] by a bee on a windy day that in any other weather.

13. In September, 1951, 17-month-old Mark Bennet of Vancouver, B.C., was [stung] 447 times by wasps, and lived, but was hospitalized for almost three weeks.

14. Jellyfish [sting] small fish with their tentacles, and then eat them.

15. The tapir, a large cow-like animal of Paraguay, likes to take mud baths to protect itself from [stinging] insects.

16. She got a bit of juice from her orange in her eye, and it really [stung].

17. His nasty comments to her really [stung], and she left the office in tears.