bitterness

Example Sentences

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We know how this game ends: in bitterness and resentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

It acts as a kind of bass note — amplifying the darker frequencies of cocoa, intensifying its bitterness and pulling it into focus.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

With emotion can come suspicion, bitterness and rancour.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

At the time, the board envisioned a power-sharing arrangement between the two Bobs, but it ultimately fueled bitterness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

I was filled with the bitterness of not having the typewriter for which I had worked so hard.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers