bitter
Example Sentences
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Leonard played 65 games and averaged a career-best 27.9 points, however Wednesday’s loss was a bitter pill to swallow.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
But he quit the institution last year amid a bitter governance dispute with its chairperson.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
McIlroy has rarely done anything conventionally in a career packed with as many bitter lows as there have been exhilarating highs.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
And after a bitter three-year strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over wages and healthcare benefits, the family said in January that the paper will cease publication in May.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
At 5:30 we had black bread and “coffee,” bitter and hot, and then fell into marching columns for the various work details.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing bitter
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