bitterness
Example Sentences
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Ms. Jensen’s whole-wheat dough has added honey and olive oil for softness and to offset the flour’s slight bitterness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The melon’s bitterness, the plant’s resilience, mix with the sun’s relentlessness.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Such a cloying tone from the queen of bitterness!
From Slate • May 6, 2026
The couple's bitterness towards their younger counterparts is "rooted in envy", Mulligan says.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
And that his heart might know a little joy before the long bitterness descended.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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