bitterness
Example Sentences
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The bitterness lingers all these years later: “The less competent or the less knowledgeable or intelligent members of the Senate were the ones that sunk him,” says Mr. Meese, who seldom speaks ill of anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
And that is exactly what his company's Kamakurayama Natto, touted as "extremely stringy" but minus "stinkiness and bitterness," seeks to achieve.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
It can be a long season if the bitterness of the major league rejection of the winter lingers into the spring and summer, but Kelly does not see that in Turner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The melon’s bitterness, the plant’s resilience, mix with the sun’s relentlessness.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
She had reason, in the years that followed, to remember his saying this; and time, at last, to discover in herself the depths of bitterness in her father from which these words had come.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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