bitterness
Example Sentences
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Bitterness can indicate the presence of toxins in potential foods, and animals long ago honed the ability to ferret out harsh tastes.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 12, 2023
Bitterness in the right place, with a full beery back.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
Bitterness came to him as well after the divorce from Katharine, to whom he was wed in 1913.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022
"One is always healthy and one is always not. Bitterness is the ultimate enemy of creativity."
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2018
Bitterness hurts only the people whose hearts house it, not the offenders.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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