bitterness
Example Sentences
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Bram, his husband, has a demanding job at a museum in Rotterdam and Arnold’s bitterness has grown wearying.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Written by Mr. Carney and Peter McDonald, who also contributes a funny supporting turn as one of Rick’s band mates, it stumbles into a bog of bitterness, quarreling and unseemly behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
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
She, for very terror on hearing this, had wept; yet she could not deny that for such an abundance of bitterness there was a positive fountain of grief.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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