bittersweet
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Chances are you’ll be in good company there, with me and other musical daydreamers sharing the same sense of drifting into a bittersweet beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
While much of the album feels appropriately bittersweet, McCartney finds plenty of time for whimsical diversions.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The widow of a former footballer who died of cancer is now pregnant with his child after a successful round of IVF in what she described as "bittersweet but beautiful news".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“It’s bittersweet to have a place this long, because you do go through the generations,” Cox said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
I don’t remember starting out that morning, but I do remember trying to sleep and feeling quite alone except for a dull, bittersweet ache.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing bittersweet
Brown Girl Dreaming
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The Last Lecture
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