bitterness
Example Sentences
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Earlier in the season there was only bitterness and rancour at Celtic Park.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The melon’s bitterness, the plant’s resilience, mix with the sun’s relentlessness.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Such a cloying tone from the queen of bitterness!
From Slate • May 6, 2026
To call him a good loser is simply untrue—though from what we can tell the bitterness was always directed inward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Breaking away from the sight—it made absolute bitterness blend throughout his prior reaction of awe and yearning—he said, “I’d like to test out the selection, now. Can we go downstairs?”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
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