shed bitter tears
Example Sentences
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I’m here to watch it happen, minute-by-minute—to pray for the long-awaited return to form, to exalt if it happens and to shed bitter tears if another failure awaits.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 17, 2019
She shed bitter tears, and I held her frail body, crying also for all these long years she had lived with the burden of these unspeakable events.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017
She shall yearn for me, shed bitter tears for me, and fret away her life in despair.
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór
He cared only to eat and sleep, but he knew he was in Noah's power, and he shed bitter tears when he saw the land appear again.
From Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Aronson, Sol
Yet though she had shed bitter tears last night, she did not feel at all like crying now.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.
