bittersweet
Example Sentences
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Chances are you’ll be in good company there, with me and other musical daydreamers sharing the same sense of drifting into a bittersweet beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
While much of the album feels appropriately bittersweet, McCartney finds plenty of time for whimsical diversions.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
That's why it has been so bittersweet for Howe and his staff to have seen the academy graduate flourish elsewhere.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
If being a head coach in the Stanley Cup playoffs is a dream come true for Smith, a hockey lifer, it may be a bittersweet one.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
And so, like many of our homecomings, this one was bittersweet.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing bittersweet
Brown Girl Dreaming
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The Last Lecture
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