bitterly

Example Sentences

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The tribunal heard he "bitterly regrets" his actions.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“You put into me the perception of the incomparable,” Bettany version says in a bitterly mournful prayer at the end of the second episode, “and then ensured that I would know myself forever mediocre.”

From Salon • May 16, 2026

But many Californians complain bitterly about the cost of living, squeezed by sky-high housing prices and the most expensive gas in the country.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

But for the most part they stuck to the indelible hits, each as ingeniously structured — and as bitterly romantic — as the last: “Hard to Explain,” “Someday,” “Last Nite,” “New York City Cops.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

“He’d repeat bitterly that his life was over,” his son Sergei would later recall, “that life made sense as long as people needed him, but now, when nobody needed him, life was meaningless.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin