bittersweet
Example Sentences
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The film’s original ending was a bittersweet final meeting between two old friends, where, according to Reiner, the characters would eventually go their separate ways, still better off for having known each other.
From Salon
This required him to return to Pakistan for the first time - a bittersweet experience.
From BBC
Given past frictions between father and son, their collaboration on the film seemed bittersweet, Nick said on “Scripts & Scribes”: “He had never validated me about anything before, so that felt amazing.”
Concerned with the bittersweet transition from childhood innocence to adulthood, the film helped to establish the likes of River Phoenix and Kiefer Sutherland as stars.
From BBC
They now rent an apartment in Pasadena, and the drives into Altadena for Sunday church services stir bittersweet memories.
From Los Angeles Times
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