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

She described forgiveness not as saying it was OK, but as releasing the "bitterness so it no longer dominates how you feel".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

The Kurds have not hidden their bitterness towards Washington, under whose leadership the anti-jihadist coalition had positioned bases in Kurdish-controlled areas.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The old bitterness came up in him and he did not have time to cogitate and push it down.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers