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
Such a cloying tone from the queen of bitterness!
From Slate • May 6, 2026
The rest of the band joins in as Ayewa calls for the listener to look up to a world above war, bitterness, and division.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Tahini has a kind of quiet luxury to it — less sweet than nut butters, less showy, with a soft, earthy depth that can tip, just slightly, into bitterness in a way that feels intentional.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
I let every juicy morsel of anger and bitterness well up inside me, making no attempt to stanch any of it.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
"America"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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