embitter

Example Sentences

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Hardship did not embitter Lucy Larcom, and she never lost her love of books and gift for poetry.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Joel L. Fletcher, an owner of Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art gallery in Fredericksburg, Va., which specializes in Ms. Aymé’s work, said the tragedies did not embitter her or quash her creativity.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2015

The process can embitter victims if they feel their experiences are being weighed against each other.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2012

Or will the attack embitter powerful factions in the government and alienate them further from the notion of an alliance with the United States?

From Slate • May 2, 2011

Dear child," the mother said, "he sympathized with but did not blame you, and would not have you blame yourself so severely now and embitter your life with unavailing regrets.

From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Finley, Martha