embitter

Example Sentences

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Keith, it turns out, is an embittered actor who failed to land a role in the musical from which that song came.

From The Wall Street Journal

I think a lot of the problems that come are when the person at home becomes embittered and starts showing that bitterness to the kids.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the collapse of Reconstruction in 1877 and the rise of Jim Crow left him embittered, mourning the rollback of hard-won rights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rapp plays the part of a lover embittered by the lingering presence of a third party in her relationship.

From Los Angeles Times

The anguish that erupts during this “Rose’s Turn” represents more than the built-up sorrow of one embittered woman.

From Los Angeles Times