His wounds were very quick; they smarted, but you recovered from them quickly.
A man who could bear the blows of his enemies with equanimity must have smarted under such lashes from his countrymen.
Here is an opportunity for a small concession being made by way of meting out justice to some who have already smarted and suffered as the result of injustice.
For which their backs have smarted!
Nair's column was taken seriously by writers even when many of them smarted under his merciless attack.
