1 The blood rushed to his thin skin under the sting of Hale's astonishment.
2 Instantly a passion of tenderness, of grief for his humiliation swamped her, made her eyes sting.
3 But she smiled a little and took the sting from her words.
4 But the sting of not humbling him remained with her.
5 His impersonal courtesy toward her that had begun during her convalescence continued and he did not fling softly drawled barbs at her or sting her with sarcasm.
6 But there was more than this: the order about the shovel was almost as plainly meant to sting and insult Steelkilt, as though Radney had spat in his face.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story. 7 The swift breeze seemed to Edna to bury the sting of it into the pores of her face and hands.
8 The touch of his lips was like a pleasing sting to her hand.
9 Also, they were inaccurate; they did not sting with precision.
10 The first sting inflicted by this cruel worm will be the memory of past pleasures.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 11 They will repent indeed: and this is the second sting of the worm of conscience, a late and fruitless sorrow for sins committed.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 12 This is the last and deepest and most cruel sting of the worm of conscience.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 13 To bear even the sting of an insect for all eternity would be a dreadful torment.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 14 The nosferatu do not die like the bee when he sting once.
15 Thank God, this will be the last night of her looking on at our conferences, and feeling the sting of our not showing our confidence.