bitter
Example Sentences
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While potassium salt has a similar flavor, it can develop a slightly bitter taste when heated.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
These demands would be a bitter pill for Washington and its Gulf Arab allies to swallow.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Ordained a priest in 2002, she became the first female Bishop of London in 2018, only four years after the church began allowing women bishops after years of bitter factional wrangling.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
He isn’t bitter about the way things ended, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
