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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bitter Mallard's great-great grandmother always taught him not to be bitter about the way that white people treated their family and community. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025 Undercut by a bitter rival, only because your owner seemingly soured on paying the luxury tax and didn’t offer enough money? Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 July 2025 Pashinyan was the focus of protests last year by tens of thousands of demonstrators after Armenia agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and to normalize relations between the neighbors and bitter rivals. Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025 But the two mainstays of the game are far from bitter rivals. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bitter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitter
Adjective
  • Most of the time, Superman is depressed or angry or getting beat to a pulp or having cans thrown at him or getting arrested.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Others were frustrated—some even outright angry—that the Commission fell short of declaring all forms of obesity a disease and instead recommended a more nuanced clinical diagnosis.
    Francesco Rubino, Time, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • On the Blue Devils’ flight home from San Antonio, there Scheyer was: digesting the game tape, reliving the most painful defeat he’s suffered in three seasons coaching his alma mater.
    Brendan Marks, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Deciding where to manufacture your product is one of the most painful questions today.
    Alex Gudilko, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Attendees in The Hague have framed the defense spending pledge and snappy communique as a response to the threat of Russia, not just the biting condemnation of the U.S. president.
    Ellie Cook — reporting from The Hague, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • As always, Danan’s voice is hysterically funny, her characters’ exhibiting a wry and biting sense of humor.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • The mask fully blocks out the harsh cabin lighting and that inevitable sunrise glow before landing.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
  • Before Getting Started When cleaning your oven, try to avoid using harsh oven cleaners or using the self-cleaning feature.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Strategic commenting can lead to five-figure contracts without cold pitching.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Yeti’s game-changing double-wall vacuum insulation keeps cold drinks cold and hot drinks hot for hours.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • That’s still chilly, but remember the greenhouse effect: there is a lot of frozen methane and carbon dioxide on Pluto, so these ices can vaporize and possibly provide enough thermal retention to make the tiny world at least somewhat comfortable, if not exactly habitable.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
  • The rooftop bar features large couches placed near a grand fireplace for all the chilly nights to come.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Once abundant on the island, this ground-foraging dove – with an earthy red-brown plumage and a quiet, mournful call – disappeared from the wild by 1972.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Several of her patients left mournful messages on the Yelp page of her Arcadia practice.
    Clara Harter Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • But many of the Blues’ outings have been unpleasant because of high temperatures and storms, and six games across the tournament have been paused for poor weather conditions, angering manager Enzo Maresca.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 July 2025
  • My other wildlife standoff involved a much cuter animal, but potentially far more unpleasant.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025

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“Bitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitter. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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