bitterness

Example Sentences

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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

We know how this game ends: in bitterness and resentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

With emotion can come suspicion, bitterness and rancour.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The Kurds have not hidden their bitterness towards Washington, under whose leadership the anti-jihadist coalition had positioned bases in Kurdish-controlled areas.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

I wanted him to go on talking like this, that his bitterness might loosen and come away, carrying with it all the pent-up hatred and disgust and muck of the lost years.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier