embitter

Example Sentences

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The unhappy decline that constituted the second act was, in Pastor’s view, an uncannily precise preview of the economic, social and political discontents that now embitter our national politics.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2018

Hardship did not embitter Lucy Larcom, and she never lost her love of books and gift for poetry.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The process can embitter victims if they feel their experiences are being weighed against each other.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2012

Or will the attack embitter powerful factions in the government and alienate them further from the notion of an alliance with the United States?

From Slate • May 2, 2011

This had the effect to embitter the feelings of the ruling spirits of the company, and caused them to change their policy.

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by Gray, William Henry