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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB

She moaned and wept and refused all comfort, until one night she closed her eyes on the world which had been so harsh and bitter.
THE BISHOP'S SECRETFERGUS HUME
He was a man of good judgment, strong in his likes and dislikes, and bitter in his resentments.
THE BAY STATE MONTHLY - VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3, DECEMBER, 1884VARIOUS
We both made a bitter mistake; but now it is over, and irrevocably so.
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD BYRONTERESA GUICCIOLI
The bitter part was that it let go just short of where Lynds might have made it.
WHAT NEED OF MAN?HAROLD CALIN
Then Dollops went on his own tack, leaving Sir Edgar to enjoy his own bitter reflections as best he might.
THE RIDDLE OF THE PURPLE EMPERORMARY E. HANSHEW AND THOMAS W. HANSHEW
How many a heart, sinking under its bitter burden of care, is reawakened to hope by that first spring day of brightness!
VERNER'S PRIDEMRS. HENRY WOOD
The star called "Wormwood and gall" is fallen into the fountains and rivers, and hath made them bitter.
LETTERS OF SAMUEL RUTHERFORDSAMUEL RUTHERFORD
She paused, and then she rushed on with bitter self-reproach.
INDIAN SUMMERWILLIAM D. HOWELLS
The comparative failure of this, Cromwell's pet enterprise, was a bitter blow to the Protector.
THE BUCCANEERS IN THE WEST INDIES IN THE XVII CENTURYCLARENCE HENRY HARING
Here was her boy lover coming out this bitter night just for the sake of looking up at her window.
THE PORTION OF LABORMARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

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cause célèbrenoun | [kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh ]SEE DEFINITION