embittered

Example Sentences

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Just make sure you don’t become so aggrieved or embittered that you let it affect your job performance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Keith, it turns out, is an embittered actor who failed to land a role in the musical from which that song came.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Set in 1872, Forsaken, focuses on embittered gunslinger John Henry Clayton's return to his hometown and his attempts to build bridges with his estranged father.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2024

He has served as a historical and cultural consultant since “The Last Samurai,” in which Tom Cruise plays an embittered U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

He was fond of his brother in his heart, but he had been through an experience which had embittered their relations.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White