The senior officers' comments had evidently stung him, however, as he declared to his pilots: "Tomorrow I'm going to show you how".

The comment about "Hugh Merrill's little girl" had stung badly.

Quinn was more amused than jealous, though the comment about her habit stung a bit.

That comment stung Pony and she turned fiercely.

The comments soon stung Johnson into renewed work.

Mallory waved her away even though the comment stung, a little bit anyway.

The comments I overheard stung, and yet I could not deny them.

Her comments both touched and stung him.

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

I was about to ask for a full accounting of his "meager" powers, but his last comment had stung me.