bitter

His father was killed at the bitter end of the war, fighting for Marshal Tito, the leader who managed to knit together the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia and suppress simmering enmities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

“We’ll fight that to the bitter end. It’s a greenbelt that’s sadly needed in the area.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

It was marked by a dizzying wave of defections and bitter internal conflicts.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Never mind that this salt-and-pepper-haired coach with the Portuguese accent had also constructed a reputation as a sore loser, a bitter complainer, and raging egomaniac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

I reached out to touch the mikveh’s walls, but there were only even greater depths and the bitter taste of salt flooding my mouth.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The group said it is also looking to cultural partnerships and activation in the on-premise scene, a strategy that has been central to above-industry growth at smaller peer Campari, maker of bitters Aperol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The group behind Aperol and Campari bitters recorded 2.5% organic sales growth in the quarter through June, with its core aperitifs business booking 4% growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Other ways in which we “close the loop” are through syrups, infusions, shrubs, tinctures and bitters.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024

You can even embrace your inner mixologist by investing in a few non-alcoholic bitters.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Some chocolate had the bitters and you added sugar.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

His face is bitterer than the cold as Miranda asks him how his apartment hunt is going.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023

That’s a bitter joke, but no bitterer than the tone of the English master’s sweeping historical drama about the slaughter of a group of peaceful labor organizers at a mass protest in 1819.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2019

“Information warfare will grow far bitterer, and that’s something we will have to live with during the upcoming period.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2018

It’s hard to say which of them produced the bitterer barbs.

From Time ● Sep. 24, 2015

But there is one injustice bitterer even than that—to be denied the right to work according to one’s ability.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Some of the regime’s bitterest enemies in Miami became its de facto financial supporters as they sent their grandparents money without which they couldn’t survive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

In 2022 the two men ran one of the bitterest Senate races in recent memory.

From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2024

Indeed, Rodrigo’s bitterest discovery here is that, for all its perks, megastardom turns out to be a real disruptor of one’s ability to connect person-to-person.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

In this journey, I began forcing myself to love dressing-less salad, jugs of purified water, the bitterest dark chocolate as a treat, and yes, seasonless salmon.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2023

Deciding how many of them should be in conference room B at three o’clock had sparked their longest and bitterest debate.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix