bittersweet
Example Sentences
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American Johnson, already the reigning downhill world champion, clocked 1min 36.10sec in an early run to claim her first Olympic medal on a bittersweet day for the US team in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
From Barron's
“It’s a little bittersweet because he’s such a great person and a great coach,” Macdonald said.
The use of stage direction as couples therapy is one of the more poignant sequences in a film that tends to dance along the line separating the farcical from the bittersweet.
As for The X Factor, Jesy says she has a "bittersweet relationship" with the talent show, and feels "lots more could have been done" to protect artists' mental health.
From BBC
Speaking to reporters on the red carpet, the Doncaster singer said the prize felt a bit "bittersweet", after Osbourne's death last summer.
From BBC
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