How to use "sting" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sting" in popular movie and book plots

  • Meg is then convinced by the police to help them in a sting operation.  - WiseGirls
  • He is enlisted in a sting operation.  - The Spanish Prisoner
  • Homer attempts to claim a motorboat from a "police raffle" that turns out to be a sting operation.  - Lisa the Skeptic
  • After Costello escapes a sting operation, each mole becomes aware of the other's existence.  - The Departed
  • Eventually, the group set up their own sting operation with Sissy to capture Gusto and he is sent to prison for life.  - CB4
  • After an FBI sting exposes him, Randolph is fired and his show is cancelled.  - Death to Smoochy
  • The sting causes Scully to quickly lose consciousness.  - The X-Files (film)
  • As Smythe hunts for scorpion fish to feed his "pet" octopus, he suffers a sting which triggers a fatal heart attack.  - Octopussy and The Living Daylights
  • Her mother, Ramona, is arrested in a prostitution sting and her stepfather, Larry, is taken into custody on drug and child abuse charges.  - Freeway (1996 film)
  • Scudamour's double grows a sting and becomes the new Unicorn.  - The Dark Tower (Lewis novel)
  • In the final pages, both the tree and the boy feel the sting of their respective "giving" and "taking" nature.  - The Giving Tree
  • Stone, Scotty, and Nick arrange a sting operation to nab Nino.  - New Jack City
  • The Royal Hong Kong Police Force is planning a major undercover sting to arrest crime lord Chu Tao (Chor Yuen).  - Police Story (1985 film)
  • After a sting operation fails to catch the killer, Lounds is kidnapped by the Tooth Fairy (Tom Noonan).  - Manhunter (film)
  • Unaware of Jackie and Ordell's plan to smuggle in $550,000, Nicolette and Dargus devise a sting to catch Ordell during a transfer of $50,000.  - Jackie Brown
  • A sting by federal agents results in Tony being charged with money laundering and tax evasion.  - Scarface (1983 film)

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