battering

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But now her judgment, instead of being controlled by duteous devotion, was made active by the imbittering discovery that in her past union there had lurked the hidden alienation of secrecy and suspicion.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George

To revive a reflection upon two stupenduous passages of providence, I know would have an imbittering relish to many professors in our country side.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

This elevation of piety, so far from poisoning the springs of human joy, so far from imbittering the cordials of our cup, will refine every enjoyment and purify every pleasure.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus

Bayan, after his defense of the palace, became the most powerful personage in the state, and to his arrogance was largely due the aggravation of the Mongol difficulties and the imbittering of Chinese opinion.

From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

Had it been devised for the express purpose of imbittering the feelings of the Irish Celt eternally against the Saxon ruler, it could not have succeeded more effectually.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances