What's the difference between stung and sung?

Stung


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Sting
  • () imp. & p. p. of Sting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Richards was a feminist who, rather than scaring men, stung them with her wit, a technique she famously applied to President George Bush senior in what became a legendary quip in American politics.
  • (2) Those patients who were re-stung within 2 weeks (anergic period) or over 5 years after a generalized reaction to a sting had significantly improved response.
  • (3) 62 patients who had been stung by a red scorpion were admitted from January to December 1990: 18 with hypertension, 15 with supraventricular tachycardia, 11 with pulmonary oedema, and 18 with local pain at the site of sting but no systemic involvement.
  • (4) Stung, Mayweather hits right back with a right hand to remind Guerrero of who he's in with.
  • (5) Both women reported having been stung by jellyfish a month earlier.
  • (6) A seven-year-old girl, stung by a scorpion, was hospitalized in a confused state with signs of myocarditis and pulmonary edema.
  • (7) Our past and present re-sting data reveal that a large percentage of initially sting-sensitive patients have no reaction on being re-stung.
  • (8) It owed altogether too much to Scott and was a fiasco that stung its author so badly that a story claims he sought out all the copies he could find to have them burnt.
  • (9) A previously healthy 38-year-old man was stung multiple times by yellow jackets without any signs of anaphylaxis being observed.
  • (10) After being stung by reports that some soldiers had refused to fight Boko Haram or had “tactically retreated” from battle, chief of army staff Lt-General Kenneth Minimah ordered that deserters be court-martialled.
  • (11) The interventions have stung the government, and with good reason.
  • (12) 34 min: Stung by my criticism, Deco attempts to put me back in my box by scoring from distance.
  • (13) The chancellor was stung by last week's criticism from the fund.
  • (14) However he has been stung badly after leaving his trouser zip undone and not covered by his bee-keeping foil tunic.
  • (15) Antibodies were raised against CcV protein and used in testing for ovary and in stung eggs.
  • (16) The pop song's composer, John Ewbank, was so stung by the criticism that he attempted unsuccessfully to have the song withdrawn from the day's festivities.
  • (17) Garzón was stung by the court's affirmation that he had behaved as if working for a totalitarian regime, fishing indiscriminately for evidence and trampling on defendants' rights by wiretapping jail conversations with defence lawyers.
  • (18) Oh, and they also stung you for £25 last month when you went a few quid over your overdraft limit.
  • (19) In Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, 40-year-old Sunni government worker Hazim Ali Hamid was stung by Obama's praise to US forces for removing Saddam.
  • (20) The prime minister is still stung by his embarrassing rebuff in 2013 when he suffered an international diplomatic humiliation by failing to win the support of parliament for a bombing campaign designed to sanction Assad for using chemical weapons against his own people.

Sung


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Sing
  • (p. p.) of Sing
  • () imp. & p. p. of Sing.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When Version came out, featuring covers sung by Winehouse, Allen et al, it was again assumed by some that Ronson had simply flicked through his diamanté-encrusted contacts book and got his friends to rehash a few old songs written by other people.
  • (2) 111, 315--328; Holbrook, S. R., Sussman, J. L., Warrant, R. W., Church, G. M., & Kim, Sung-Hou (1977) Nucleic Acids Res.
  • (3) "I feel good about the park's resumption, but I also have a heavy heart," said Sung Hyun-sang, president of apparel manufacturer Mansun Corporation, which has lost about 7bn won because of the shutdown.
  • (4) The official guest list for Friday’s anniversary event included senior government, party and military officials, but not Kim, whose weight gain in recent months has been blamed on a liking for rich food and attempts to strengthen his physical resemblance to his grandfather and North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung.
  • (5) Sometimes she sings them songs the girls have learned at school and then sung to her down the phone.
  • (6) Twenty years ago, NASA researchers sung its praises as potential astronaut chow, mainly for its superior nutrient density.
  • (7) It may be hard to tell in the latest show from the outrageously talented Meow Meow, a woman whose divinely sung and cleverly structured shows often give the impression of organised chaos.
  • (8) As we’ve made clear, measures to strengthen the national nuclear power in quality and quantity will continue to protect our dignity and right to live from augmented threats of nuclear war from the United States.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The US special representative for North Korea policy, Sung Kim, addresses the media in Tokyo on Sunday.
  • (9) "Greeks need to unburden their fears," says the comic, the scent of cologne permeating his dressing room after he has danced, sung and quipped his way through another rendition of "Sorry … I'm Greek".
  • (10) A branch of the Labour party of Malaysia was censured for staging a concert at which "two objectionable songs were sung in spite of the fact that the police had registered their disapproval".
  • (11) Stallone, whose career was launched by Rocky, and who has previously sung in films such as Rhinestone , is unlikely to be cast himself.
  • (12) Although Kabila appeared "quick and charming" - when he deigned to turn up - he was usually engaging in conspiratorial politics in Dar es Salaam, or negotiating with China's Chou En-lai or North Korea's Kim il-Sung.
  • (13) But to defuse any possible tensions, the authorities had decided that the teams should mix together as they lined up and that the Marseillaise should be sung by Lââm, a young R&B singer of Franco-Tunisian extraction.
  • (14) There was even a genuinely moving soft metal version of You’ll Never Walk Alone, sung by the entire stadium, the night transformed suddenly into a huge blissfully teary family wedding.
  • (15) At the time they were stressful – battling with traffic, fights over radio stations, squabbles over who was going to sit in the front seat and listening to a muddle of languages together with drama lines and songs to be sung.
  • (16) Stay (sung primarily by Detroit) became a mutant No 1 hit, a pop culture flashpoint parodied by both French & Saunders and Newman & Baddiel, who likened Fahey's voice to a foghorn.
  • (17) "I thought it was like music I sung over a long time ago; sounded like some old Wu shit, you know?
  • (18) Some would say the Sunderland manager – whose evolving side have one point from four games – was foolish to combat Arsenal with a 4-4-2 system featuring two orthodox wingers flanking a midfield anchored by the far from heavyweight David Vaughan and the debut-making Ki Sung-yueng but the Italian is not one of life's natural pragmatists.
  • (19) According to the report, 100,000 Pyongyong residents are preparing for North Korea's most important national holiday – Kim Il-sung's birthday, on 15 April – by planting trees throughout the city.
  • (20) Sung-ha Joo, in his 40s, was a reservist artillery officer, in the North Korean military before he left in 2001.

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