bittersweet
Example Sentences
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“It’s kind of bittersweet,” McFadden said of having the debt wiped out.
From MarketWatch
“It’s kind of bittersweet,” McFadden said of having the debt wiped out.
From MarketWatch
The film’s original ending was a bittersweet final meeting between two old friends, where, according to Reiner, the characters would eventually go their separate ways, still better off for having known each other.
From Salon
This required him to return to Pakistan for the first time - a bittersweet experience.
From BBC
Given past frictions between father and son, their collaboration on the film seemed bittersweet, Nick said on “Scripts & Scribes”: “He had never validated me about anything before, so that felt amazing.”
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