embitter

Example Sentences

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Mr. Cross “never condoned the kidnappers,” his son-in-law said, but neither did he allow “what they did to embitter him or eat into his enjoyment of life thereafter.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

But she did not let the experience diminish or embitter her.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2014

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2012

Their idea, no doubt, was to break down his health and embitter his existence by successive law-suits.

From The Crime of the Congo by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir