bitter end

Example Sentences

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Why do they wait to queue at the bitter end?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Carey expected England to fight till the bitter end on Sunday and said he was still not thinking about winning the Ashes.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

He plans to use his device until the bitter end and isn’t sure what he’ll do when his current devices stop working.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

“Some of these guys just want to hang onto power,” said Prof Tendi, even until the bitter end.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Think: we were there nine years, and we tried everything, all stratagems against them, up to the bitter end that Zeus begrudged us.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer