bitterly

Example Sentences

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“You put into me the perception of the incomparable,” Bettany version says in a bitterly mournful prayer at the end of the second episode, “and then ensured that I would know myself forever mediocre.”

From Salon • May 16, 2026

But many Californians complain bitterly about the cost of living, squeezed by sky-high housing prices and the most expensive gas in the country.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

"There is no international law in the world," he says bitterly.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But for the most part they stuck to the indelible hits, each as ingeniously structured — and as bitterly romantic — as the last: “Hard to Explain,” “Someday,” “Last Nite,” “New York City Cops.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Atalanta’s father, whatever his name was, when a daughter and not a son was born to him, was, of course, bitterly disappointed.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton