feel bitter
Example Sentences
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“Is this fair? I bring home $2,400 per month. I feel slighted. I guess I also feel bitter because I never felt comfortable paying for his kids. What do you think?”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
“I paid the price. I don’t resent it or anything like that. I don’t feel bitter about it.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023
She says she tries not to feel bitter, because that would affect her personally, but admits she feels "disappointed, upset, and at times I can be quite angry".
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023
“Though I feel bitter, Abe is not my true enemy. He is only one of the Unification Church’s most influential sympathizers,” Yamagami wrote in his letter.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
Some of the mechanics, who had been pilots before the war, struggled not to feel bitter about it.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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