bitterness
Example Sentences
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The rest of the band joins in as Ayewa calls for the listener to look up to a world above war, bitterness, and division.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Tahini has a kind of quiet luxury to it — less sweet than nut butters, less showy, with a soft, earthy depth that can tip, just slightly, into bitterness in a way that feels intentional.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
The raw bitterness displayed between the rivals underscores the challenge the companies will have working together.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
With emotion can come suspicion, bitterness and rancour.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
And at this level of experience one’s bitterness begins to be palatable, and hatred becomes too heavy a sack to carry.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
"America"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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