bitter
Example Sentences
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An opinion piece published Wednesday by La Vanguardia newspaper—owned by a close friend of Isak—said Jonathan’s arrest leaves “a bitter taste in the mouth that no toothpaste or mouthwash can wash away.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
“OUCH. It’s almost painful to consider that these folks are SO bitter that they can’t ever laugh.”
From Salon • May 20, 2026
He is giving you this money out of his own pocket because you are his sister and he understands that you have had to swallow a bitter pill.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
“But each disaster is a teachable moment, and I’m afraid the defensive tone of this report suggests a limited institutional capacity to learn from bitter experience.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
It made a vicious kind of sense, and he felt it with a bitter certainty.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing bitter
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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