bitter cup

Example Sentences

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Knapp, who lost her home and plans to rebuild, did not underplay the years of recovery ahead, but as we spoke, she dropped a few cubes of sugar into that bitter cup of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025

Add in rising costs for virtually everything and you have a bitter cup brewing for coffee drinkers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

“People feel that I’m inside their homes, sitting at their kitchen table stirring a bitter cup of coffee.”

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2021

For the Nationalists, the loss of Nanchi was another bitter cup of tea.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is little serviceable to thee, poor Thiennette," thought I, "that now, when thy bitter cup of sickness is made to run over, thou must have loud festivities come crowding round thee."

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul