| 单词 | bitter |
| 例句 | “I thought you said it didn’t matter either way?” said Harry, with a bitter laugh. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And, bitter over this, the arm had sworn to plague the town for eternity in revenge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I knew the field could never grow again, I knew that Leper could not be wild or bitter or psycho tramping across the hills of Vermont. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Iron Islands lived in the past; the present was too hard and bitter to be borne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But they did hold on, and as the war trailed drearily on, vindictiveness toward the stubborn stand of the seceding states grew steadily more bitter in the North. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Saying it left a bitter taste in her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The taste of blood in my mouth was strong and bitter. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The beer had a nice bitter taste after the ice cream and it made her drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The men stood with their braceleted arms around one another’s shoulders—men who not long before had been the bitterest of enemies—and I watched it all, wringing my fingers, smiling rage. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you hadn’t told me,” was the bitter response, “I’d never realize it. Let’s get back to the cliff. I’m roasting.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I must let them fall untouched, and suffer the bitter salt upon my lips, plumbing the depths of humiliation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he would have had time for a short, bitter chortle before being tom apart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the thought of drinking coffee, bitter as bile and as dark as the grave, made my stomach turn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He said this when we were in the throes of sickness on the Agnes Pauline, and again in the bitter first winter in New York, when four of us, including Mam, came down with pneumonia. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She had a hard, bitter face, and Benito was beginning to get a potbelly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Then why do I have this bitter taste in my mouth?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was bracing myself for him to say something angry or bitter, steeling myself to absorb his understandable rage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Jonathan looked at the soldiers, feeling miserable and bitter. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It had been drizzling all afternoon, and lighting the fire was an ordeal that put everyone in a bitter mood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We went on for four more days of very bitter cold, never above –25°, and then came another blizzard whooping up in our faces from the east on a gale wind. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It also marked the start of a war between the two that became increasingly bitter, underhand, and often ridiculous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Civil war is supposed to be the bitterest of wars, and surely family politics are the most vehement and venomous. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad was working as hard as he could, but as in many black families, life had ground down to a bitter struggle for survival. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I feel that bitter seed growing inside a me, the one planted after Treelore died. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He yanked it free as Rashid spun around and let out a bitter laugh. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Begin with a bitter bath,” he says, lining up the ingredients on the counter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The tangerine was very sour, I had a sharp, bitter taste in my mouth, and I had only just noticed it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He sold little, but the weekly trip was a small, if bitter, reminder of his life in the north. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Towards the middle of Nimmer, after much wind and bitter cold, we came into a quiet weather for many days. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He vomited a clear, bitter, lemony, sparkling, fizzy liquid. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Now you sound bitter," Mr. Norton said, just as the door flew open. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The result was that the tea was sickly as well as bitter, but Will sipped it, nonetheless. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Ray handed me a doll-size thermos cup, and I took small, bitter sips. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Malcolm X for some reason suddenly began to deliver a spate of attacks against Elijah Muhammad, making more bitter accusations of “religious fakery” and “immorality” than he ever had. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany sent outriders ranging ahead of the column, but they found neither wells nor springs, only bitter pools, shallow and stagnant, shrinking in die hot sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the second drag, the flavor changed subtly, turning bitter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One major food category was nuts, especially chestnuts and walnuts, plus horse chestnuts and acorns leached free of their bitter poisons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When I thought of Manderley in my waking hours I would not be bitter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They had no Kings like Uther, no laws like the bitter Norman ones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel the bitter defeat of Maria's dream for me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z White could not anticipate the bitter, sensational legal battle that was about to ensue—one that would be debated in the U.S. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I remember the evening as a wonderful blur of warm emotion, tinged in bitter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the near side of the left bank, a wolf posed against the bitter blue sky. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His mouth was full of needles and the bitter taste of the sap. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But suddenly he too stumbled forward with a cry of bitter pain, and his stroke went wide, driving into the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At once sweet and bitter, it tasted a little like lemonade, except somehow more grown-up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The wind was in the East and all the mists had rolled away; wide lands lay bleak about them in the bitter light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His laugh was softer this time, but just as bitter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Beetle, I must to the miller to have my oats ground to flour. Crush the bitter milkwort and boil the wormwood syrup while I am gone.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized the sagging features, the bitter expression. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The pill may be bitter, but down it must go. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When the weather turns bitter and I go to work in the snow and Helena struggles up the hill with the food bags and there’s just not money to buy enough coal. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I know I cried that night, bitter youthful tears that could not come from me to-day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If he drank too much he came home a bitter man, then he was at war with everyone. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, you had to swallow the bitter, smoldering, ash-flavored pieces, and yes, they burned your throat as they went down. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It tasted horrible, bitter and hot, and Joseph drank it all. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I spat it out and was bitter at the loss of precious water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a bitter pill for me to swallow, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The hot bitter juice burst into his mouth. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I had become worried that Malcolm X, bitter, would want to go back through the chapters in which he had told of his Black Muslim days and re-edit them in some way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the bitter quarrels she had with her brother whom she loved dearly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain agitated the smell of the fire, making the air bitter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Farmers, therefore, tended to stay put and fight to the bitter end. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched her walk outside, zipping up her coat to brace herself against the bitter cold. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z They coughed and complained about the bitter taste before they ran one by one into the restroom and threw up the nastiness in their stomachs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Without a word, but wearing a bitter look, Mrs. B pushed herself up onto her feet and stomped down the hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He looks at the ice, his expression bitter, then leaves, not taking as much as a single bag. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was wrong to be bitter, Papa always said so, but what could you do to get such feelings out of your heart? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They had a smoky, rather bitter smell, as though a wild sap ran in their stalks, pungent and juicy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Mona held her arm steady over the bowl of herbs, their bitter scent wafting up to her nostrils. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If so, she might have enjoyed the spectacle, given their bitter history of envy and hatred. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z My skin was hot, but my tone was bitter cold. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It tasted bitter, but he figured it was supposed to taste that way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I think it’s better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than just to be...safe.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A bitter seed was planted inside a me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I’m going to become bitter and distrustful of people because one person betrayed me. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But there is one injustice bitterer even than that—to be denied the right to work according to one’s ability. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly the wine turned bitter in his mouth, and when he looked up from his cup he saw that he was dining with the dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She tasted sour milk, and something else, something thick and bitter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I stood stiff and solid, swallowing the bitter lump that had formed in my throat, and swore to myself I wouldn’t cry, wouldn’t beg him not to go, wouldn’t even miss him when he left. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I wish him luck,” said Fudge, sounding bitter for the first time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Supper was a fistful of acorns, crushed and pounded into paste, so bitter that Bran gagged as he tried to keep it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I run down Tatarska Street in the bitter wind, and my eyes are roaming, roaming. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her life would be thirteen short, bitter years with an unhappy ending. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Their thickness and thinness spoke of hard years of bitter struggle intermingled with rich years of sudden growth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He slowed to a halt, bitter and frustrated. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The evening bags really are too heavy for her to carry up the hill, and the wind is bitter, even without the snow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He sensed, among the anger, the bitter breath of truth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I held it to my face and smelled the back of Ben’s wagon, spice and yeast with the bitter tang of acids and chemical salts mingled in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I became very bitter while I was in prison. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z After a hundred years of scrubbing by a dozen different families, this house would probably still smell bitter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There was a new bitter undertone in her voice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His shift had failed to meet the day’s production quota and was required to do bitter humiliation work. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The air, as it seemed to them, grew harsh, and filled with a bitter reek that caught their breath and parched their mouths. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There was the city to discover, of course, and all that was sweet and bitter in it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Now a bitter part of her refused the treasures of the Valentine farm, even as every day some blessing part came into bloom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe one day you will remember some tea that tasted bitter. You took my medicine by mistake—remember? Slept as you had never slept before and awakened late—thick-headed?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It could not have been Jello for the scent did not have the bitter odor of an angry and desolate wolf. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, fierce disagreements within Russia itself over how to run the country began a bitter and bloody civil war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They stood in silence for what felt like a long time, especially to Will, who had little protection from the bitter cold. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “My life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Your beloved has unleashed a special curse—a bitter thought from someone you abandoned. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At any moment now he knew that the end would come: his master would faint or fall, and all would be discovered, and their bitter efforts be in vain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Billy had not only read dozens of books by Trout—he has also become Trout’s friend, to the extent that anyone can become a friend of Trout, who is a bitter man. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bon and Bleoberis were crouching over a bright fire, to which the bitter wind seemed to have given the property of throwing out light without heat Even the fire seemed frozen, like a painted one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Watch yourself, be the first to ask pardon if you both err, and guard against the little piques, misunderstandings, and hasty words that often pave the way for bitter sorrow and regret.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z All day she dreamed of escaping from Ayemenem and the clutches of her ill-tempered father and bitter, long-suffering mother. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not Prestige beer or Rhum Barbancourt—the strong, bitter, or sweet alcohol made for men who talk politics and play dominoes into all hours of the night. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She turned to face her stepsister, hands on her hips, but she did not seem bitter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In a blinding sheet, mingled with hail, it drove against the cliff, bitter cold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Perry noticed them first — hitchhikers, a boy and an old man, both carrying homemade knapsacks, and despite the blowy weather, a gritty and bitter Texas wind, wearing only overalls and a thin denim shirt. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never in my life heard my mother speak out so bitter about anything or anybody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My tension returned, new, terrible, bitter, surging, almost too great to be contained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Claire laughed again, short and sharp and bitter, and then spun on her heel. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “It was no accident!” someone shouted, and almost half the room voiced their bitter agreement. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just the brutality of the long workouts or the inevitable days of rowing in the rain and bitter cold. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Those left behind had the task of going on with life even as the harshest snow fell, the bitter cold deepened, the game hid, and the fish sank deeper into the lake. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They were gathering behind me now, I could feel their presence and their hot, bitter breath. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, she couldn’t look at him without getting a bitter taste in her mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bitter little man who taught the course was the lone professor in the school who had guts enough to try to teach it, and even he evinced the rigidity of imperfect understanding. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He looked down at his feet as he walked because the wind was bitter, and eventually Hugo found himself, quite by accident, in front of the ruins of the burned-down museum. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I longed to be his; I panted to return: it was not too late; I could yet spare him the bitter pang of bereavement. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z So she brooded through the bitter days of the long years that followed, while Clytemnestra and Aegisthus ruled the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitter cold outside had also chased our old tom Lucifer in, and he was curled up in Dad’s easy chair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The same bitter lesson was learned by Illinois farmers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His voice is somewhat bitter, but mostly sad. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He’d even lost his only source of physical exercise now that distances were too far to bike and the weather too bitter and snowy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is not the wound that pains me,” said Gwydion with a bitter smile. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z If I pinch her and Vinny or throw pinecones, it is only because I do not want them to become crooked and bitter. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Rings, we would make from them, and crowns and necklaces, stains from the bitter milk on our fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Wang Lung was sweating with his weakness in spite of the cold and bitter wind. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z And what she had done was eat ywansyau filled with a kind of bitter poison, not candied seeds or the dull happiness of opium as Yan Chang and the others had thought. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For a man whose burning ambition was to win the presidency, the Senate’s criticism and threat was a bitter blow. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I used to like her when I was younger, but she’s become a bitter, resentful woman over the years. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It tastes dry and bitter, like autumn leaves. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Frodo was hardly less terrified than his companions; he was quaking as if he was bitter cold, but his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She had seen too many working couples who, after the children came and the bills piled up, rarely communicated with each other except in bitter snarls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, the chemist harbored a bitter resentment of Lawrence, who had plainly dumped the task of firing him in Cooksey’s lap and absented himself from the Rad Lab while the deed was done. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z My father had been killed in the mine accident three months earlier in the bitterest January anyone could remember. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In about a half hour, he had all the change back, including my dollar, and instead of going to town to buy something, I went home with nothing, and I was bitter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And it gives me a bitter taste in my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z "Son, if you don't become bitter, nothing can stop you from success. Remember that." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She twisted the word mother in her mouth as if it tasted bitter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a bitter, angry voice, and looking down they saw that it came from a small black Seal who was leering at them from a moonlit pool of water. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z In the closed, humid confines of the refrigerator, the smell had had the time to develop, to ferment, to grow bitter and angry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He died very soon after I went to Colonel Lloyd’s; and he died as he lived, uttering, with his dying groans, bitter curses and horrid oaths. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z So Lancelot, and all the other angry men, went circling round Camelot in a bitter atmosphere of knots and competition and bating hawks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when she said something mean, there was a bitter aftertaste. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Our taste- buds divide food into two groups: sweet foods that are good to eat and bitter foods that might harm us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Why had he thought that it was bitter? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Go for God’s sake, and my father is pulling on his trousers over his shirt, no jacket, shoes, no socks on this bitter day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The purgante was her own concoction, a mixture of cod-liver oil and mugwort, milk of magnesia, and green papaya juice, sweetened to disguise the fishy, bitter, chalky taste. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I fought to keep my voice steady, but I knew she could probably hear the bitter, angry edge. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Back in 2016, when his mother squeezed out a victory in the general election, the bitterest sting was losing Texas. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Dressed only in my bra, underwear, and flip-flops, I step outside to let the water wash away the dirt, pain, and bitter disappointment that courses through my body. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Or I’d wait alone, hungry, and increasingly bitter as my own eyes got heavy and candle wax pooled on the table. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So the knights disgorge the bitter leaf, black with saliva, into Jacob’s small palms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I soon became involved in mediating a bitter political dispute right in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Either way, he’d have to swallow down everything—no matter how bitter it tasted—so they could get back to the dream that had sustained them for years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Somewhere in there was a lady who dispensed a Death Mist that might hide them from monsters—a plan recommended by a Titan, one of their bitterest enemies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a very young man who had said this, scarcely more than a boy—very dark and sober, very bitter. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z As Pauli Murray points out in her book of family history, Proud Shoes: “Even slavery had its bitter rivalries for meager advantage...” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Racked by guilt, the youth in Asia sat at their desks and wept bitter tears. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Though the bitter cold did not abate, the daylight hours grew perceptibly longer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In the bitter darkness Arthur suddenly cried despairingly: “What aileth you, that ye cannot keep Sir Lancelot on your side?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Think: we were there nine years, and we tried everything, all stratagems against them, up to the bitter end that Zeus begrudged us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears sprang up as the bitter, sharp taste filled her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Your mom used to tell me this Chinese proverb. Eat bitter—” “Eat bitter, taste sweet,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Harry was shaken from these bitter reflections by the appearance at his side of Jimmy Peakes, who was holding out a scroll of parchment. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were 2 62 soft and unwaxed, but they tasted bitter. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I lifted the lid and a cloud of pungent, bitter steam hit me in the face. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Aunt Addie was the only teacher and from the first day an acute, bitter antagonism sprang up between us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “To ease the bitter sting of my departure.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was an awful lot of water and very little coffee but Mama put a lump of chicory in it which made it taste strong and bitter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But she never seemed bitter, only perpetually annoyed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “A bitter tickling in my throat, incapable of breathing. Goosebumps were jumping along my back, and I could hardly feel my feet—they were as if made of cotton-wool.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “When I was going through my bitter phase, my counselor told me we’re all products of our parents, genes, or environment in one way or another.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z It was a cruel, ruthless madness, and it made them shiver more than a bitter, endless winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I laughed imagining how bitter their white juices would taste if Father Amadi had really sucked them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I lament that I can see no flaw in this bitter axiom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Maybe she’d turned bitter and cursed Percy’s girlfriend out of despair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And here things still grew, harsh, twisted, bitter, struggling for life. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Pregnant women are very sensitive to bitter tastes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Instead, his mouth works its way into the bitter pucker that accompanies any mention of Marcus. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was bitter cold when we arrived, and the wind did not abate. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Anger builds inside me, replacing my blood with bitter water and filling me, consuming me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He would laugh and joke and tell them he wasn't angry or bitter, just grateful to be free. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His braid was black and shiny, his skin as dark as burnished copper, his eyes the shape of bitter almonds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I thought of my parents and of the troupe, and was surprised to find the memories less bitter than before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked up then at my staggered expression as I tried to absorb his bitter memories. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Ash went upstairs to her bedroom; the house smelled of the bitter medicines the physicians had brewed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I have already been whatever you can say or imagine, every version of the newcomer who is always fearing and bitter and sad. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He said the word as though it was the bitterest of pills. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z So you came here, I think, but I’m not bitter. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He issued a single bitter guffaw and returned to the hysterical snow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Small wonder he turned so angry and bitter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Each day seemed shorter than the last, and where the days were cold, the nights were bitter cruel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Those eight founders were the cereals emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, and barley; the pulses lentil, pea, chickpea, and bitter vetch; and the fiber crop flax. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Where all other plants have shed their leaves, the sage remains evergreen, the gray-green leaves — bitter, aromatic, rich in proteins, fats, and needed minerals — clinging to the stems of the dense and shrubby plants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She could pace, bitter and frantic and feeling every second of her deprivation and frustration as the sun dawdled its way across the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mazen looks me straight in the eye, and I feel a bitter appreciation for his honesty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Pa might hunt alone all day in the bitter cold, in the Big Woods covered with snow, and come home at night with nothing for Ma and Mary and Laura to eat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He fought back a bitter stomach taste; the sweat was running down from under his arms, following the hollow ridges of his ribs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Those who had changed their allegiance during the battle needed only to swear fealty to Joffrey, but the ones who had fought for Stannis until the bitter end were compelled to speak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This time his voice was hard and bitter. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Wrapped in that man’s cloak how gratefully I lay in the bitter dark until the dawn came stitched in gold! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The people, forced to disgorge ever- increasing tribute to Tenochtitlan, were resentful and bitter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “For some reason, things went wrong. The Table split into factions, a bitter war began, and all were killed.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Szilard had learned from bitter experience that sometimes paranoia is the prudent approach. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But even now, especially now, the bitter melancholy words of Job could still reach me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He was caught in it, a smothering shroud, hot, white, the bitter smell of burned powder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Think of your ’ and the face watching her, comprehending, still serene, not even bitter: “ ‘Oh. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z “This world is like a friend with a mortal wound. A bitter draught given quickly only eases pain.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even now, long days later, the memory filled him with a bitter rage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z For it seemed best to him to die soon and leave the bitter story of his life, since all was in ruin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I gathered all my news of Joan into a little, bitter heap, though I received it with surface gladness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They were in a race and knew it, because they knew from bitter experience that Colonel Cathcart might raise the number of missions again at any time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The wall brought to my mind the bleeding slabs of meat Rosaleen used to cook, the gashes she made up and down them, stuffing them with pieces of wild, bitter garlic. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Avoiding bitter foods is a good way to avoid these toxins. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A low-grade diet for a bitter climate, and one must refuel often. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z More bitter than getting fired, I was barred from Small’s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The seed had all the softness of boiled corn, and the taste of his friend’s deception was bitter in his mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I want you to know that my heart is not bitter,” Mr. Dalton said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And because that unlikely monarch had himself followed his heart when he chose his queen, he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies where he might have had fast friends. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dark inside of the holly bush smelled bitter. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Given that Russia was at this point at the very vanguard of modernism it was a bitter pill to swallow, and understandably so. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It gives us warmth and life; it melts the bitter snow and ice of winter; it makes plants grow and flowers bloom. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The man seated next to her was eating bitter kola, crunching loudly, and when he turned to make conversation she slowly shifted away until she was pressed against the airplane wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My relief is bitter, that it took Yule May’s internment to bring us to this. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z After the first swallow he made a bitter face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Usually I loved the scent of it, rich with bubbling life, but there was something in it now that smelled burnt and bitter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I throwed up over and over till waren’t nothing coming out of me but bitter water that I ain’t got no recollection of drinking. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “My pa always swore by a poultice of brown sugar and cobwebs—though where you’d find cobwebs in this bitter cold, I have no idea. Flour paste and brown paper should work fine, too.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I often amused myself this way, with small mean-minded bitter jokes about her; but not for long. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They were bitter about the newspaper celebrations of the miracle evacuation and the heroism of the little boats. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I meant it to be jokey, but it came out sounding bitter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nor did she talk very much. When she did, she was bitter.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Sprinkles look like glittery bugs; even the sugar tastes bitter. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything, but my face must have shown how bitter my disappointment was. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I grew so bitter that I decided to have it out with Granny; I would tell her that if she did not let me work on Saturdays I would leave home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her chest was tight with remorse; her mouth was full of a chalky, bitter regret. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z This was indeed, she realized as he dropped his eyes, the bitter, troubling point. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And she pushed him away, so that he crouched bitter and cold and frightened on the muddy ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, and a string of comically bitter teen movies from Hollywood, pop culture has been trying to get this message out for years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning she emerged from her solitary tent, and one of the riders gave her a horn cup full of a hot, bitter drink. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Yanking off my gloves in the bitter wind, I hurriedly cinched the harness tightly around his waist and sent him down the Spur after the others. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z This man knew a great deal about fruits, and he was always able to distinguish between those which were good to eat and those which were bitter in the mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The cold was bitter and though the platform itself was protected, heavy snow was falling outside. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She was very calm; her face was very bitter and patient. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Long and bitter. A life without honor. Until his dying day, men will say he was afraid to fight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I meant it to be musing, but it came out bitter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She didn't sound angry or bitter, just sad. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was the most bitter glass Rowan had ever had to swallow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was a nice boy, a friendly boy, and very shy, and it made him bitter. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I am prepared to pay the penalty even though I know how bitter and desperate is the situation of an African in the prisons of this country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was struck with a pang of bitter jealousy that Sticky was about to take his place in the Whisperer. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And he added in a bitter tone: “Because I must tell you one thing: you and I are still enemies.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I told myself it was bitter and ironic that my father needed to have a heart attack in order for some contact to be established once again between myself and Danny. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I feel a little bitter at this, as if it is their fault for coming here and making me suffer from racism also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Burger had told Haupt about the horrors he had seen and suffered at the hands of the Gestapo, expressing his bitter hatred. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Then his tom lips moved in his familiar, bitter grimace. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Drink me,” she said and swallowed the bitter cold tea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This was the central place, and it was cold, bitter cold; nothing could ever warm the little room. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Theon thought of seeking out the bodies of the two men he'd slain himself to see if they had any jewelry worth the taking, but the notion left a bitter taste in his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bitter winter had all the country in its grip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every scrap of arable land had been terraced and planted with barley, bitter buckwheat, or potatoes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z To stand in the crowd and do nothing, try nothing, say nothing, and accept every serving of bitter nothing as their due? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The bitter word was forced out just in time. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was a bitter tang in the air of Mordor that dried the mouth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Harry could not stand lying there with nothing but bitter thoughts for company. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If the relativist account of science were correct, every major paradigm shift ought to be accompanied by bitter disputes between competing intellectual communities: indeed it was Kuhn’s view that this is exactly what happens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even a heavy dose of Tamika’s hot sauce wouldn’t be able to bury the bitter aftertaste. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I could tell by the slightly bitter taste that it was real silver. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That is the sweet truth bought at the price of so much bitter pain. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He had even begun to keep lap dogs like her—although he had always hated hers with the same bitter jealousy as that with which he had hated her lovers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But the white fury of the Northmen burned the hotter, and more skilled was their knighthood with long spears and bitter. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The word was too good, too bitter, too successfully daunting to be repeated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Good God,” he said, with a snort and a surprised, bitter little laugh. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The story was clever enough to have had by itself, in all probability, the desired effect; but Poseidon, the most bitter of all the gods against Troy, contrived an addition which made the issue certain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z December is rarely bitter cold in South Alabama during the day, but at night the temperatures can drop, a dramatic reminder that it's winter, even in the South. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She mouthed the word “sex” with a visible distaste as though it were part of a most bitter and unsavory language. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitter upland plains, the purple wastes of sage, the wild, swift antelope, and the grouse are then a natural system in perfect balance. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Half the tobacco promptly fell out onto his tongue, a bitter dust which was difficult to spit out again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But indeed, we had no stomach for our Greek dainties, once he had delivered his bitter mouthful. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The building was hot and stifling in the summer—and bitter cold in the winter. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z He gnashed his teeth and shook his head with bitter woe and resentment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For tens of thousands of workers, particularly those who had risked their lives by fighting to save democracy in the Great War, it was a bitter blow. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Its bitter odor released the ketones of stress. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the bitter cold weather Pa could not be sure of finding any wild game to shoot for meat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dark as I walked in the bitter cold toward the mailbox. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The newspaper accounts were hard for both her and Jethro to understand; they were stories of chaotic confusion, of bitter fighting and terrible disaster. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We can learn to eat bitter foods if they are good for us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Relations between the two men became cold, then bitter, then explosive. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He knew once more, at last, after this long, bitter, wasted time, who he was and where he was. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The Huntsman brewed a bitter, dark tea that morning that she had never tasted before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It fell not in drops but in sheets, and the ground was running with it, so that you couldn't see anything solid: just flowing fields of bitter cold water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Now hold!” she cried, “Break off this bitter skirmish; end your bloodshed, Ithakans, and make peace.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But by itself tea is usually bitter, as were the two other new drinks that came to Europe in the 1600s—coffee and hot chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It’s bitter, but I’m happy there on his lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There are many such stories, they are mostly far more bitter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It tastes so bitter, I want to vomit again, but at least there's enough water for me to rinse out the bad taste. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I do not suppose you will have heard of our bitter & cruel loss Thank God, she suffered hardly at all, and expired as tranquilly as a little angel.... Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And what, he wondered, had the Klan actually accomplished for white working people with the endless meetings and bitter fights against desegregation? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She made me eat two bowls of soft porridge treated with a bitter, grey powdery substance cooked in a blackened earthenware pot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The odor of baked salmon hung stale in the air, slightly bitter and slightly acrid from the long smoldering smoke of burning alder leaves, and lay like an invisible pall over the exhausted revelers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I made a little bitter grin as another soak of blood let itself through the drenched padding and started the tedious journey into my shoes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z From time to time, she’d smell the bitter sweetness of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t fear that this bitter February darkness starts working up in my stomach. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z They dragged in their bedding and the tarp and after a while they slept again for all the bitter cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The strange thing about this cafe, I realize, is that there doesn't seem to be any food or any actual coffee—just weak, bitter tea ladled from a big stockpot. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I gather myself, pressing my tongue against the bitter metal of the knife. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The crow’s nest swells before me, envelops me, and I find myself splashing in bitter liquid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And I began to cry in the same way, swallowing those bitter tears. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “That bitter stuff that made me throw up?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There was a bitter taste in my mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hot and bitter, but it washed away the sandy cotton in his mouth. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They were half-naked, but the sun was up and flaring, so they didn’t shiver, even though it was the middle of a bitter winter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But most of the stories were of resentful children who were bitter about divorce, children who had wanted even unhappy parents to remain together. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But beneath them was the bitter tang of fear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She told me how she'd swallowed it all, even the memory of it, like the tiniest bitter pill, and about all the boys she consumed after it just to keep it buried down there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The bark of the willow tree is extremely bitter, but early humans learned to make tea from it anyway. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I waited for half an hour in the bitter cold, regretting that I had not remained in the warm store, but unable to go back inside. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wouldn't come up, only a bitter spurt of gall filled my mouth and splattered the old folk's possessions. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Its flesh was tart and chewy, with a bitter aftertaste that seemed familiar to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Whatever the case, when Orion rose again from Tartarus, he was Artemis’s bitterest enemy. No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The wind was bitter on his face, and it made his eyes sting and tear. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I pour myself a cup of bracing and bitter fennel tea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The chaplain shrank back from the wall in terror, bitter tears springing to his eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The wind was bitter, but it was impossible to row fast enough to keep warm—the danger of ramming into the large chunks of brash ice that surrounded them was too great. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Or rather, more bitter, for he had always been an unpleasant man. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Now they were come to the bitter end. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z People were clambering over twisted struts and girders to get up to the bitter cold air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was another smell, outside, something burning, a pungent fragrance that was half sweet and half bitter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But Alice gave a short, bitter laugh and wiped her eyes again, saying nothing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The first bite is sweet and not bitter at all. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z To get away from the bitter regret that beset me I started to walk forward over the snow towards the ship. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z And in that moment, with all of the new things in the house, and the sharp, bitter smell in the air, and Byrd’s soft words about a hard thing, Axel realizes two things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They rowed through cutting wind, bitter sleet, and occasional snow, well into the dark of night every evening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her voice was so bitter, I decided not to ask what she meant. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I could taste the bitter rind from across the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z And Neylan’s visceral disdain for Robert Oppenheimer—“so conceited that he just shoved God over”—may well have contributed to the bitter break between Lawrence and Oppenheimer that soured their last years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Of course not,” Garland interjected, his face wrinkled with indignation; his words broke off, bitter and sharp. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The man gave a short, bitter laugh and shook his head in exasperation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I wish,” said the other, with a bitter curse upon the cold, “that I had ’em here.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The water was still warm from the sun and it tasted bitter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The twigs were bitter, so you refused to use them. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z So I only really knew that he was taking steroids every day, for example, when I saw him gagging down the syringes of bitter liquid in the kitchen every morning and night. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The fumes of powder taste bitter on the tongue. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother went to the washbasket in which the baby was sleeping peacefully in spite of the bitter talking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dancing with the field hockey team. He has no trouble finding saddles,” I said, a little bitter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The bitter wind came down off the mountains and through the barbed wire and hurled the desert sand in their faces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "In other words, you don't intend to become bitter, is that it?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash looked over her shoulder at her stepsister; she was staring out the window with a bitter expression on her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitter conflict between Protestants and Catholics, which had led to prolonged civil war in France, to the most terrible massacres and brutalities, had made all claims to truth seem partisan. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One morning he was here, and every day after that, holding a burning tin cup of bitter tea to my mouth and repeating my name: “Béene-béene.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother adores coffee, which we could almost never afford, but it only tastes bitter and thin to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “And they won’t feed us on this plane either, you know,” he announced with a curious, bitter finality. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was laughing, a stupid, stoned, bitter laugh, as I fumbled my wallet out of my pocket and dropped the reason for my visit into her lap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Dad has scraped out the bitter white stuff with his teeth—according to him, it’s full of vitamins. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mam gets desperate and in the morning she has the bitter face and she won’t talk to him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Father was wrong about the two or two hundred years I would live, but I’m not bitter. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Slept but a sea apart on another beach among the bitter ashes of the world or stood in their rags lost to the same indifferent sun. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z This bitter punishment was inflicted upon them because of a physical condition over which they had no control. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On that night and for many nights after, they lay on the floor and held each other, bitter and thankful and frustrated, and they said nothing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The moss smelt rich and deep, and the bluebells were earthy, bitter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had used her—her love, her craziness—and most of all he had used her skulking, bitter vengeance. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Diligence in spraying had a similarly unsatisfactory reward in the eastern Sudan, where cotton growers had a bitter experience with DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Your grandmother was also there, and no one has ever accused her of being bitter. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The country was united in concern for Garfield, even though the bitter differences of the Civil War had been slow to disappear. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A former teacher in Newport News’s public schools, he had taken the Newsome Park job after being fired for joining what was one of the most bitter and contentious of all of Virginia’s teacher-pay-equalization lawsuits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” Henry says, sounding wretched, but there’s a bitter defiance rising in him too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z How I used to revel in such bitter little snobberies myself; how eay they were, once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a fine beer, bitter and dark. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Daily hunting parties brought in a large store of meat and blubber for the bitter cold ahead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When the water no longer churned and all was silent, the horse plunged into the bitter water and all was black. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Bongo, for her part, insisted on staying with me to the bitter end. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The bitter tang of quinine, that’s what I love about a cold gin and tonic. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to mention a distraction from the incessant prom talk, the bitter icing on the rotten cake of senior year. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z One of the stories I love best about Lincoln is that after his election to office, he appointed some of his bitterest enemies to his cabinet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Whips of red lightning crackled through the clouds, thrashing up a bitter wind that filled my lungs with dirt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I take another sip of the wine; it tastes less bitter now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as if her skin had turned into lace and the damp and bitter air could flow in and out of her ribs, scaldingly cold on the raw wound where Pantalaimon had been. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But she understood, at least, that they did give him a kind of bitter nourishment, and that the secrets they held for him were a matter of his life and death. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Before she’d left the house, Naomi had gulped down a bitter cupful of coffee. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She was a regal matron, but with a bitter smile on her face that revealed her inner tragedy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The plain bitter truth is that this day chills me to the bone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Trudging forward like a sleepwalker in the bitter cold, I make my way down the driveway, then turn left and plod up the rutted dirt road to the falling-down bridge. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His mouth had a bitter, mannish taste, like tea and cigarettes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "Your jest has the bitter taste of an insult!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If anything, the squabbling between Maurice and Rosy was more bitter than before the visit to Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He was greedy and rude and bitter, but he was still a healer. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She found that mouse ear and willow can help stop bleeding and that a tea of anise and dill and bitter milkwort will help when milk will not come. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Which only, of course, made the Apothecary even more bitter. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And there was an even more serious problem, one filled with a bitter irony that exposed the class divide in black America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not something I can tell you,” said the man, and a bitter smile pulled his mouth down at the corners. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It had a bitter taste, though not so bitter as acorn paste. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The bitter feelings occasioned by this speech, the many bitter feelings, made the utmost exertion necessary on Emma’s side, to enable her to say on reply, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The tea tasted great, then suddenly bitter, metallic. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Give the Greeks a bitter homecoming. Stir up your waters with wild whirlwinds when they sail. Let dead men choke the bays and line the shores and reefs.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you do taste the compound, it will be strong and unpleasantly bitter, so you may line up—calmly, please—at the fountain for water.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z All I felt was angry and bitter and ready to kill somebody. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were hard and cruel and bitter. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a bitter pain up one side of her neck that wouldn't leave. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It sounded like a sweet memory, but Grandmother told it in a bitter tone, as if she knew, even then, that Frank would turn into a big lumbering oaf. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With his activities strictly limited by winter’s harsh winds and bitter cold, Cole noticed his body falling into new natural rhythms. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “From him. He sounds kind of bitter when he talks about you, and I get the distinct impression he doesn’t want me around, like I’m horning in on his game or something.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was a long bitter winter for the British Expeditionary Force in northern France. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He liked his black and bitter, I remembered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I fear it will be bitter cold up top.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All I found were acorns and bitter roots. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They hardly seem to care whether missionaries exist Don’t be bitter, I said. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing Matthias was certain of as he strode swiftly through the trees: it would be he and he alone who faced Cluny the Scourge at the bitter end. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Shadow tasted fear in the back of his throat, bitter as old coffee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It saves us from the bitter days of midwinter, when the darkness is broken for only a handful of hours and the sun is cold and distant, like the pale eye of a corpse. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The road to the village was full of students bent double against the bitter wind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “It was sweet. And it was bitter. Get it?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every Sunday we swallow quinine tablets so bitter your tongue wants to turn itself inside out like a salted slug. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His strength returned, but the brownie ambrosia tasted more bitter than usual, as if it somehow knew that Jason was turning his back on Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Its grease-bathed pepperiness had a strong bitter aftertaste like anise, but not sweet. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The silence he left was heavy but comfortable, like a well-worn, prickly cardigan on a bitter morning. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z How could such a bitter thing become a means of pleasure? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When I put my paper on my tongue, a bitter taste fills my mouth and nose. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Please, she thought, fervent—a kind of prayer to the bitter brew itself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “There is nothing sweet. I will sow salt, lest the bitter weeds grow.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That had been her bitter part all through her life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been a bitter disappointment for Gene Johnson, so disheartening that he was never able to bring himself to publish an account of the expedition and its findings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Still sweet and bitter and wise and, best of all, still alive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve only tried a drop of alcohol once in my life at Violet’s house, but the guilt left a bitter taste in my mouth that lasts to this day. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I swallowed a bitter lump in my throat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That tardy shudder which had not figured in his forethought made his breakfast bitter. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Always the bitter emotion of hope raised and dashed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A wave of disappointment swept over me, disappointment so bitter it wiped out even my fear. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Kainene would know exactly what to say and would not feel the awkward ineptness that she did now, Kainene with her sharp edges and her bitter tongue and her supreme confidence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The sweet wine, the bitter herbs, she could almost taste them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This bitter submissiveness made the man ugly and brutal. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She ignored the surge and crash of bitter emotions that awoke with the name. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When she’s not talking to him the house is heavy and cold and we know we’re not supposed to talk to him either for fear she’ll give us the bitter look. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Thinking back to that moment made something unpleasant and bitter squirm in his stomach. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Every four or five steps I’d have to stop, lean against the rope, and suck desperately at the thin, bitter air, searing my lungs in the process. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Eliza reminded me not to be bitter, but it was hard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Several months before the controversial piece in the Revolution, they were at the center of another bitter debate on the issue. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We were stunned, yet we wanted to fully absorb the bitter news. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The choice of phrase caused much mirth when the will became public on the death of Halifax in 1715, not least to Newton’s bitter enemy Flamsteed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Root knew from bitter experience that humans popped up when you least expected them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Why didn’t the strong tea made of bitter bark, the tea that Nokomis brewed for Omakayas, send her jumping up lively as she used to be? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Their relationship was professionally tolerant at best and a bitter rivalry at its worst. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When attack and counter-attack have waged backwards and forwards there remains a broken line and a bitter struggle from crater to crater. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bundles of dried herbs hung from the ceiling, filling the air with the mixed aroma of feverfew and bitter orange. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But in those days, if people used fruit, honey, and sugar to sweeten foods, they often mixed salty or even bitter tastes with sweet ones. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z His wife had not turned bitter against him and his children did not know that they were supposed to be ashamed of him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with a bitter wind pushing me along and a couple fresh pills cushioning the march, I had to squat down and run a finger up the bird’s soft belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And the living son, the child, Roy, was headlong already, and hardhearted: he lay at home, silent now, and bitter against his father, a bandage on his forehead. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Three years before, I was engaged in the same manner and had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it for ever with the bitterest remorse. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could have done better,” he said to himself, in bitter envy; and all the joy of the evening was darkened for him, after that. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Everything he did for the rest of the day was colored with a bitter dye, and he thought, more than once, about walking down to the bar to see what was going on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kevin stared at the blank TV screen, then turned away with a bitter laugh. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Some were misted with the bitter green of opium seedlings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitter burn of rejection flared in his chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A little laugh burst from her lips, bleak and bitter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nyame waved his hands and a bitter smile crossed his face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When the squad took aim, the rage had materialized into a viscous and bitter substance that put his tongue to sleep and made him close his eyes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z For almost a decade, I’d been privileged to move through it, experiencing its bracing contradictions and bitter conflicts, its pain and persistent idealism, and above all else its resilience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They don’t like the way he seems, worrying to Theo that Vincent is “exaggerated and overwrought, quoting at random from the Bible....It is a bitter, bitter shame.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The snack bar served tiny mugs of deeply bitter coffee and Italian gelato. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They were bitter and snuck up on you even during the nicest conversations. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Or maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and the anger, and the wrong is forgotten. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And in the morning, long before she was fully awake, she felt a longing so bitter and tight it yanked her out of a sleep swept clean of dreams. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She was afraid he was going to go out into the bitter cold, that telling her his past had now forced him to punish himself in some way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Grace was certain he was too cowardly, too shifty, to join up, but she had her own reason to be bitter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He made no movement, but looked upon them with his bitter eye. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he’s actually thinking about Eduardo, as I suddenly am, the bitter sleep he must have had. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was imprisoned by the emperor when he was still known as the Tiger King,” the man said with a bitter laugh. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I reached out to touch the mikveh’s walls, but there were only even greater depths and the bitter taste of salt flooding my mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The need for deceit was a bitter taste in his mouth, but Ned knew he must tread softly here, must keep his counsel and play the game until he was firmly established as regent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The years he spoke of are now past; the night comes when a bitter marriage overtakes me, desolate as I am, deprived by Zeus of all the sweets of life. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bob, listen,” he tried again, “the arai want you to get angry. They spawn from bitter thoughts. Don’t give them what they want. We are your friends.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With them he was at home, as he would never be in the courts of the wealthy, and he knew their bitter wants without having to ask. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She laughed in a way that sounded hard and bitter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His lips drew back in a taut, bitter grin. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Katie felt ashamed of herself at last for being so bitter against poor Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As Democritus put it, ‘By convention sweet, by convention bitter, by convention hot, by convention cold, by convention colour: but in reality atoms and void.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The nature of this quarrel was hopelessly confused in his mind—but each of them had on several occasions broken out into a bitter tirade against the other, the absent one. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Malcolm was seldom tempted by the drinks they sold in the Trout: beer was bitter, and wine was usually sour, and whisky was abominable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Dasch was bitter and angry about the outcome of his trial. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The request unleashed bitter disagreements within the administration. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But that ain’t my place anymore, and I swallow my concern like a bitter draught. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I slammed my fist onto the table, causing the plates of soggy pancakes and mugs of bitter coffee to jump. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I taste hot liquid, bile and bitter wine, in my mouth, and I run upstairs to be sick. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z What if a worker had fallen in and was drowning, being smothered by the disgusting, bitter goo? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Francie went to pieces and remorse rose in her like bitter flood waters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If once Odysseus got home those evil men would have a short shrift and a bitter end. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Dastuge arrived and bled her and stuck pins in her limbs and gave her a bitter tea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z For the hobbits each day, each mile, was more bitter than the one before, as their strength lessened and the land became more evil. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A strange awful taste rose in her mouth, more bitter even than the Seder’s bitter herbs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After all that hearing, he writes, “I am exposed .... cut by bitter and poisoned hail.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Dispirited and battleworn, carrying their fallen leader, the maimed and wounded hobbled painfully along at the rear, the bitter ashes of vanquishment and defeat mingling with the dust from their stumbling vanguard. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Hamlet spewed liquid from his mouth, and bitter words with it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His voice was so bitter, Luke could barely listen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She drove on with bitter breathlessness, “And he’s barely thirty-five and looks and acts younger. Do you suppose he ever sees me as anything but...but what I am?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Was it because of the time she’d taken off, or the fact—as she was starting to realize—that she had no desire to tunnel into hard stories and bitter tragedies? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But even among poor whites, the collapse of slavery was a bitter pill. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At the stream bank she sets out their drear picnic, which is only dense, crumbling bread daubed with crushed peanuts and slices of bitter plantain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Each night in the bitterest winter we were forced to wash faces, arms, necks, legs and feet before going to bed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z On some expeditions guides have gone to the summit without any of their paying customers, prompting the bitter clients to conclude that they were brought along simply to pick up the tab. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Van Eck began to laugh—a warm, almost jovial chuckle, but its edges were jagged and bitter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When he was awake, he made himself drink the bitter solution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Mother had brought some with her, hoping Grandma would ask, and Grandma tried them—foot soaks in red clay, cups of bitter parsley tea, tinctures of horsetail and hydrangea. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mushroom soup, bitter greens with tomatoes the size of peas, rare roast beef sliced as thin as paper, noodles in a green sauce, cheese that melts on your tongue served with sweet blue grapes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Why do you even want to go?” he asked, bitter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” he said with a bitter smile. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Wanting both felt like a huge ask; it felt like wishing for hot ice cream or a bitter sugar cube. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Still, they say the bitterer the medicine the quicker the cure. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z George says the word like it tastes bitter, spitting it from his lips. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The tears came, hot and bitter, flowing and flowing as if the very springs of sorrow had been touched in my body. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z All sorts of bitter feelings rise in Helmuth until finally he says, "Hitler promises peace, but every day he moves us closer to war." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z They like their coffee like they like their ex-boyfriends: bitter. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He’s just bitter because Hermes likes me best. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “What is there that is bitter between you and your sister?” she asked Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had, I knew, been very genuinely and devotedly attached to his father; and to lose him, and at such a time, was a bitter blow to him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He grinned at her, his smile sudden and jarring as a thunderclap, his eyes the near-black of bitter coffee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She hated all Trojans, of course; she never forgot the judgment of Paris and she had been Troy’s bitterest enemy during the war, but she felt an especial hatred for Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped away through the fruit trees, drawn by the thought of the poor food yet bitter when he remembered the feast. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When he saw that Arthur was not going to answer, the old fellow went on in a bitter voice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “A woman came to us out of the bitter winter—sick and desperate. We could not save her.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The king's mouth twisted in a bitter grimace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He saw, with a kind of bitter pleasure, that Jorge’s shoulder was encased in a plaster cast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aren’t you even going to leave your mother some very bitter note, some articulate protest or something?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice is thick and bitter even though I really don’t mean for it to be. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We rushed across, facing into a bitter wind. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I would wait and wait, and eventually his shape would appear among the trees, breathing heavily, moving with incredible slowness, and talking in a loud, bitter voice to himself. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We caught eyes in the mirror and she said: “Make sure I don’t seem so bitter, okay?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then the supreme sting, the casual, bitter, word. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In these at last, and after all the bitter setbacks of discipline, he was allowed to fight battles which were nearly rol ones, against his brother and cousins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The world was changing, and the Apothecary grew bitter. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It tasted of bitter wood, but it was hot. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The name comes out flat, bitter as a bad pecan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Jake left the porch rail and walked right up to a girl named Suky, the one who had been most bitter in her making fun. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three more interviews after Taylor’s, each one just as bitter and scathing and gossip-filled. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had a hard, bitter face, and his eyes were so bloodshot they were almost red. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Although the men gathered in the room saw the benefits to such a system, it took several more meetings to overcome the mutual distrust caused by years of bitter rivalry. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It made her think about being a little girl in New Orleans, before her curse set in and her mom got so bitter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I hope I don’t come off as bitter in your story. I’m really not. I still believe in ‘true love’ and ‘meant to be’ as much as anybody else. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We stood about stamping in the snow, gobbling up food and drink, backs to the bitter wind that was filled with a glittering dust of dry snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Futile gestures are all that remain to me. This one would make my sister weep bitter tears, at least.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s a bitter winter, ice everywhere, and I never know when the bike will go out from under me and send me flying into the street or onto the pavement, magazines and papers scattered. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z ‘Much that was strange about you I begin now to understand. Will you not tell me more? For it is a bitter thought that Boromir died, within sight of the land of his home.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z By the time they got to South Carolina, Kayak and Seabiscuit were waging bitter morning workout battles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that they were bitter so much as that they lacked any sweetness, had a tart flavor that left his mouth dry feeling. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Elnora and I ministered to her with the juice of bitter roots and crushed flowers to purge her foul humors and ease the pains in her head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bookman shot a swift bitter glance at the HSS head; the others in the room remained uncomfortably silent for a moment. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A bitter loneliness swept over Cole as tears clouded his vision. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The passage seemed to go on for miles, and always the chill air flowed over them, rising as they went on to a bitter wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Bloom tried to sound bitter: “What else? Is there anything else? What happened with all those foundations?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the bitter cold, I began to sweat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Used to the bitter winters at Riverbank, they marveled that there was “no ice whatsoever, and no bad wind, and very little snow.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You are lucky,” she said, and her voice was bitter. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I feel like something awful’s going to happen to me,” Bigger spoke with a tinge of bitter pride in his voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I had attended but a few meetings before I realized that a bitter factional fight was in progress between two groups of members of the club. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as he spoke them, the words were bitter in his mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The hams and the venison hung in their paper wrappings, and all the bunches of dried herbs, the spicy herbs for cooking and the bitter herbs for medicine, gave the place a dusty-spicy smell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She left a riveting bitter blob of cucumber froth behind. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bitter divorce during the fall of my junior year. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t stay long, for it is bitter weather and I wanted the female to return immediately. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The taste of bitter metal and saliva flooded his mouth. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "An' ain't a farmer's wife in the house," the voice called through the titters of bitter laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the quiet corner of the ICU I start to really think about the bitter things I’ve managed to ignore so far today. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of every lawyer, every judge, every public official with whose name he was familiar—but the thought of each one of these white men was bitter in his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We eat fresh broad beans, venison with scattered pomegranate seeds, grilled brown trout with butter, a salad of bitter herbs, and, for after, raisin cakes smothered in apple syrup. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, Jane, this is bitter! This—this is wicked. It would not be wicked to love me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Arul and I set a good example by drinking some of the bitter liquid. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I kept my mind busy with thinking about how one day I could help to turn the tables on them with bitter revenge.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Rashid looked back at them all and let out a bitter laugh. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My throat is tight; my tongue is dry and tastes bitter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If she was delivering the bitter indictment Robbie deserved to hear, it did not show on his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I got a bad taste in my mouth, bitter, like coffee grounds in the last sip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Stabbing him with bitter iron, searing him with hot coals, that sort of thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was psychically injured from not winning the tournament, and he couldn’t eradicate the sting of his four bitter losses—robberies, he called them—to Tal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But now something strong and bitter flowed and made me feel another emptiness in a place I didn’t know was there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They stared at each other in bitter disappointment and anger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Rit kept giving her a hot and bitter brew, made from the root of a plant that Ben brought back from the woods. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Papa himself, his dark, bitter, brooding presence. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Gay said, “We both tasted something bitter. I chased down Tabitha, and she admitted that you put”—she choked—“pills in our drinks.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Those are bitter scars you bear, lad,” he said. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z One bitter night I tried to call my parents from the pay phone outside the Boulder Tap; sleet was falling and I was shivering so violently I could hardly get the coins in the slot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Dimple decided on the clear my throat strategy, but the sound was swallowed by Ashish’s bitter laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I do not know if he saw me, or if the light cut off his vision, but I saw his bitter, contorted grin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hesiod was a poor farmer whose life was hard and bitter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth wanted to say impossible, but she remembered Athena’s bitter words in Grand Central Station, the burning hatred in her eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But Sam was now sorrowful at heart, and it seemed to him that if the parting would be bitter, more grievous still would be the long road home alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The night grew bitter, and we had to get close together for warmth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z My father had been a Lutheran in Wisconsin, but they were out of style in New England, so he had become a lapsed Lutheran and then, my mother said, a bitter atheist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Malcolm hauled the rucksack along and got out the same side, into the bitter wind and the teeming rain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z At night the temperature is bitter cold, as much as two hundred degrees below zero, but at noontime near the equator it can reach a comfortable sixty-five degrees. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something dry and papery about it, and it had a bitter flavor. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The pirates were bitter enemies of the trading fleets and perfectly willing to kill or sink an entire cargo as revenge for the drowning of their own ancestral lands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Once in those early years he’d wakened in a barren wood and lay listening to flocks of migratory birds overhead in that bitter dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But there is a laugh from the men at the counter, the same uncomfortable bitter laugh I first heard on the truck. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time there was more: a hot wash of guilt, spreading a bitter taste in her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, I read her biography! Didn’t have her last words in it, though. I was a little bitter. All I remember is that she had a lot of sex. “I know. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Sweet and bitter at the same time, like candied orange peel. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He tried some more, but had to do the same thing again, for everything that the tree gave him tasted bitter in his mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I bought us cider at a nearby pub, using mine to wash down the nahlrout, trying not to grimace at the bitter, chalky taste. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The thought that crept into his mind felt so bitter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He almost forgot his muffler, then remembered how cold it had been last time, when autumn crept in to remind them of the bitter season to come. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z ‘This is a bitter end to our hope and to all our toil!’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She would wrap me up in fur-lined coats and pants, so if it was bitter cold, no matter! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The cold was bitter and instantaneous, after the inferno in the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There was never noise inside, no wailing, no bitter sounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She hastily ate half a slice of bread, drank some of the horribly bitter cocoa Elinor had made, and went out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And with the bitter comfort of that last sight Sam turned and hid the light and stumbled on into the growing dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I try to be bitter about it, and angry, but I catch myself. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Maybe the electronics inside the camera had long since frozen in the bitter cold. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Everything is suddenly clear to me,” Mrs. Levy’s bitter voice said behind a pile of newspapers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He says tablets are bitter, but you should taste the kola nuts he chews happily— they taste like bile.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As we passed the White City, a bitter taste filled my mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She let out a strangled cry, and her voice turned strangely bitter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Long she stared while the triumph faded and the helpless frustration returned—and of all her turbulent thoughts only one infinitely bitter word passed her lips. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He threw back his head and let out a forced, bitter laugh. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And this was the bitterest moment of all: her younger son didn’t even recognize her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure,” his father gave a bitter laugh. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I drank it without sugar in the dripping glass, and it was pleasantly bitter. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then he smiled a faint, wry, bitter smile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a hard and bitter price to pay. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Monday’s mom wasn’t the sweetest pie, but she wasn’t bitter greens either. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The bitter wind was like knives on their faces after the sugary warmth of Honeydukes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Here we are, you see, staying to the bitter end.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The spread of infectious diseases was inevitable, as were bitter arguments among old neighbors who fought over ownership of the land that was left. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The drink had a queer, bitter taste that the blind girl soon learned to loathe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sheed continued, “Sorry. I’m just thinking if people miss opportunities all the time, why is yours so special that you gotta turn all bitter and villainous instead of just moving on like everyone else?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes she was bitter because of what they had done to her in the end, after all the years she had helped them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There was something so defeated, so bitter, underlying the captain’s words that Dorian, for a heartbeat, felt badly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z February passed, the bitterest cold of the year coming as usual in that month. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if Tom had a coat and blanket; he thought of the bitter cold outside and shuddered involuntarily. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “The time has come for bitter tears,” Qavo said at last, scooping up the pile of silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In France once, in the bitterest week of winter, raging drunk on cognac, he had even conjured her onto the end of his bayonet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He saw again the bitter face of Kilrain, but Chamberlain did not hate the gentlemen, could not think of them as gentlemen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The bitter riots were sparked by King’s assassination, but the fuels that kept them burning were the preexisting conditions: illegal but strictly enforced racial segregation, economic contraction, and an unresponsive political system. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then some of the women in their greed began to claim to have more children than they had, and nonexistent relatives, and there were jealousies and spite and bitter argument. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z If she was bitter before, she is stiffness and rage now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z "He died a bitter man," reported a colleague. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Francie closed her eyes tightly to keep the hurt bitter tears from spilling out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z None saw her last meeting with Elrond her father, for they went up into the hills and there spoke long together, and bitter was their parting that should endure beyond the ends of the world. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She cooked their bitter leaves as a vegetable. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said you were the only one who was bitter about S.’s suicide and the only one who really forgave him for it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I need a mug of the darkest, bitterest coffee I can find, he thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He dined on roots, berries, and seaweed, hunted game with spears and snares, dressed in rags, endured the bitter winters. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cake a driver delivered the next morning, with “I’m sorry my love” written on it in blue frosting, had a bitter aftertaste, but Aunty Uju kept it in the freezer for months. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z By the time Scruggs was ready to leave Vietnam, he was bitter and disillusioned. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The winters were bitter cold, the springs stingy and slow in coming. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Alone with his bitter thoughts about the ungrateful shrews, the young mouse finally dozed off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It gets bitter if you let it steep too long.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I remember how on our wedding-day he said: “Unless some solemn duty come upon me to go back to the bitter hours, asleep or awake, mad or sane.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Past trays of bitter gourd, with knives and colored finger guards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow he holds back bitter words like hurt and anger, even though Axel knows he must feel them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Anatole the orphan without descendants!—the bitterest insult that could be borne by a Congolese man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I get bitter: no one supports me; I am not loved enough to be supported. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The praetor was too alone, too bitter and betrayed to believe anything could go right for her ever again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The hard, bitter lines of her face seemed unconnected with anything going on inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I chewed bitter willow bark and bitter was my mood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Yes, I can see that you're beginning to learn. That's good. Two things our people must do is accept responsibility for their acts and avoid becoming bitter." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We weren’t innocent,” Ben says strongly, and suddenly his Noise tastes bitter. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As the wind blew, it shifted the smells: sweet spices to bitter moss to a plain funky, nasty stink. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With the most casual slowness I reached down my new rifle from its sling over my bed—the .222 with its bitter little high-speed, long-range stings. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, she said to her conscience, it’s a hard and bitter world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You learn to hold it back, to numb yourself to it,” she said in a bitter voice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A snack of wild almonds can kill a person foolish enough to ignore the warning of the bitter taste. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It gave all the pleasure that ice cream could give, without the stiffness and bitter coldness of ice cream. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow thought of the touch of Laura’s lips, bitter and cold. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I choose bread, and on cue, the temperature drops, the air turns bitter, and the wind whips down ice from the hills. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We have already seen that plant domestication involves the modification of wild plants so that they become more useful to humans by virtue of larger seeds, a less bitter taste, or other qualities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Some of the mechanics, who had been pilots before the war, struggled not to feel bitter about it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Everywhere else in northwestern Europe the early records, the traditions, the songs and stories, were obliterated by the priests of Christianity, who felt a bitter hatred for the paganism they had come to destroy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At that, my mom gave him a bitter smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Evy’s husband and his horse, Drummer, had been bitter enemies for eight years. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the bitter winds that winter brought, Cole spent more and more time holed up inside the warm cabin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Their relationship was professionally tolerant at best and a bitter rivalry at its worst. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the drafty corridors had become icy and a bitter wind rattled the windows in the classrooms. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And some said softly, “Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Owen even fell into a bitter dispute with the Queen’s dentist over the credit for a theory concerning the physiology of teeth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z So, laying his staff and his bag of books under the rowers’ bench, Ged became for ten bitter days of winter an oarsman of that Northern ship. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Her handmaids filled the tub with tepid water that stank of sulfur, sweetening it with jars of bitter oil and handfuls of cmshed mint leaves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I saw Robben Island as an opportunity to patch up the long and often bitter differences between the PAC and the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They brim with foreboding, bitter warnings, and hints at your importance in the universe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We listened to the howl of the cold wind outside and could hear at intervals the bitter bark of a coyote. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Life was a battle, and Mother a tired and bitter captain. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When it wasn’t snowing, it was clear, bitter cold, and windy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even the weathers had grown milder, and the wolves that had once come ravening out of the North in bitter white winters were now only a grandfather’s tale. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Our friends,” Mark said, sure that he’d never heard such a bitter voice escape his own lips before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Again Bigger’s eyes lit with a bitter and feverish pride. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And the Aurora was swaying above them in golden arcs and loops, and all around was the bitter arctic cold and the immense silence of the North. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z So Jason’s contest was ended in victory, bitter to King Æetes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was getting late, and the wind was bitter with the snowstorm that had masked the peaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Or Bubbles,” it added in a bitter voice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She coaxed her father out of his bitter moods, upheld her timorous and anxious mother, gently restrained her rebellious sister and had reached to draw an uncertain alien into the circle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Frustration and bitter disappointment welled up inside him: He lowered the golden sphere, but then Hermione cried out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Timothy had tried to make a stew from seaweed but it tasted bitter. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally swallowed, tasting something more bitter than tea in the back of her throat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They raised a bitter yelling, and passed by several times. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If it’s a joke, it’s not a funny one even for Nita—she spits out the explanation like it tastes bitter to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She began buying single, unmixed oils—eucalyptus and helichrysum, sandalwood and ravensara—and the house, which for years had smelled of earthy bark and bitter leaves, suddenly smelled of lavender and chamomile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The wind was bitter cold, even with the camp’s magical weather protection. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Words rise from my gut to my throat, and they taste bitter. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But the war had taken his three sons and it had made him bitter. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Almonds provide a striking example of bitter seeds and their change under domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I felt a burning glow mount to my face; for bitter and agitating recollections were awakened by the allusion to marriage. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z There was no life out on this bitter brown expanse, and only the steady chug of the engine and the subdued splashing of the water under the bows broke the wide silence. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Rashid’s laugh was bitter as he stepped over a fallen board. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He pictured the long, bitter struggle against the gangs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It seemed small of me to be so unhappy when he’d done so much for me, but the IOU had been a bitter surprise. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Some of the men looked for any chance to leave their close quarters, in spite of the bitter cold. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Master W. D. Fard selected Elijah Karriem to be the Supreme Minister, over all other ministers, and among all of those others sprang up a bitter jealousy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And even as far away as Ithaka you’ve heard of Agamemnon—how he came home, how Aigisthos waited to destroy him but paid a bitter price for it in the end. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice held both anger and a bitter hopelessness: for a long time now her husband’s shop had been doing badly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z You let any of these bitter, seething ghettoes all over America receive the right igniting incident, and become really inflamed, and explode, and burst out of their boundaries into where whites live! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the life had not gone out of her; she came to where he sat, speaking softly, with bitter eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They smelled bitter, like the white sticky ooze that dribbled out from cut stems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The more of us they murdered the more bitter and angry we became, and the more we fought on and the more destruction we wreaked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But of all their controversies, none was so bitter as the one that took place over the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The sidewalks of Williamsburg were cracked squares of cement, the streets paved with asphalt that softened in the stifling summers and broke apart into potholes in the bitter winters. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Jesus knows our sorrows. He tasted them. He drank from the bitter cup.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The water was cool but not icy, and it had an unpleasant taste, at once bitter and oily, or so they would have said at home. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark—the color comes from molasses, which also makes that form of sugar spicy and even bitter. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Leon was already moving away, and as Cecilia and Paul Marshall followed him and converged on the gap in the thicket she said, “I’d rather have something bitter. Or even sour.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Both dark brown, so of course I drink a gulp of the most salty, most bitter, most fishy tea ever. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Bull and Lillian had a long and bitter fight that night. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She talked Jamaica, more song than words, and brought bitter tea to my mouth and made the world smell of lemons and told me to sleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to avoid this bitter end, we would all have to be bom again, and bom with the knowledge of alternatives. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The day Stick got his head cut, I’d stood in this same room, with its uncomfortable rows of chairs and the bitter smell of blood and medicine mixing in the air. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It turns out that some of the bitterest plants contain valuable nutrients, even useful medicines. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “It was for counterrevolutionary activity,” he snapped impatiently; I learned afterwards that my answer had not been satisfactory, had not been couched in the acceptable phrases of bitter, anti- Trotsky denunciation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a bitter reminder that everything King had taught him had been wiped out by his time in the military. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It boiled out of her: pain and anger and choking, bitter disappointment. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s funny how I can only taste the sweet things when I’m feeling so sad and bitter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z No more than two hours could I sleep, and then out into the bitter cold night and on and on. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Spouts of bitter laughter erupted among us, even some applause. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, Stepsister,” Ash said contritely, but the words tasted bitter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as for every bitter herb there was sweet charoset, hope and joy persisted alongside suffering. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She did not answer, but as he looked at her it seemed to him that something in her softened, as though a bitter frost were yielding at the first faint presage of Spring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Yakov told me once that he had studied Russian until he could speak it fluently without an accent,” I said, thinking of the bitter pride in Yakov’s voice when he had told me that. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I cringe, imagining the bitter taste of apple seeds, and follow him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Still far ahead, and still high above, Frodo, looking up, saw, as he guessed, the very crown of this bitter road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was the middle of a very bitter winter, so the story goes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These agencies were not always united; sometimes a bitter rivalry grew up between them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z If it rained or snowed or a bitter wind blew he led her in and he let her sit among the warm ashes that dropped from the kitchen stove. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z How does Kazi take all these plain boring foods—bitter vegetables, dried lentils, flour, oil, spices—and turn them into something so warm and delicious every time? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fearing arrest if he flew to Haiti, he returned to Boston, bitter and disappointed. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A bitter, mean-spirited man with too great a sense of his own worth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His voice was bitter against himself and kept changing from a man’s voice to a young boy’s. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I turned down the next block, whizzing past the cookie-cutter houses painted in one of three shades: bitter brown, sour cream, or sullen yellow. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Visitors came again, and there was bitter talk about white people: how could my father bash himself in the head, then get down across the streetcar tracks to be ran over? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were filled with bitter, furious hatred for her father, who had unlimited power to do good or harm, and chose harm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even so we cannot hold out much longer; our humour becomes more bitter every month. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Their huts were not finished and they were forced to work in bitter cold and storm. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt had never heard him like this before—so cold, so bitter, and so disgusted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s been looking down at the Skittles on his desk, sorting the reds from oranges, but here he looks up at Alex with a bitter, cutting smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He did not have a coat, hat, or gloves to protect him from the bitter cold. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was said that Rhaegar had named that place the tower of joy, but for Ned it was a bitter memory. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The topping is made of burned sugar that tastes sweet and also a little bitter. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Never,” it said with the bitter drama of a perfect cue, “while Mordred is alive.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Learning that Wick had refused to sign, Lawrence summoned him to his office for a bitter interview. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He left it open for a minute, in spite of the bitter air, and leaned on the window seat, playing with the ears of his snow-leopard dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In summer’s late sunshine I often sat under the chinaberry tree in his yard, surrounded by the bitter aroma of its fruit and lulled by the drone of flies that fed on the berries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z With the bad blood that had lately arisen between the Washington and California crew programs, Cal’s two gold medals had been bitter pills to swallow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This was too bitter for Piggy, who forgot his timidity in the agony of his loss. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He sounded bitter and weary: his forlorn spirit touched mine, and a great emptiness seemed to unfold in me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach paused, swallowed another dose of that bitter air, then continued. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was probably still bitter cold, but I was long past feeling it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The man’s full-teeth welcome smile remained frozen in place, but the room had flooded with the bitter scent of deception as he answered her. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead, he grappled with an intensely painful realization—one that would have unsettling relevance to his bitter experience in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Yet in the years after 1704 a bitter dispute broke out between them as to whether Leibniz had seen a manuscript of Newton’s and stolen his ideas. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The first snow came, and the bitter cold. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn't had time to eat any breakfast at the hotel cafeteria that morning, except for a cup of overstewed coffee so bitter it made my nose curl, and I was starving. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Travis gave a quick, bitter laugh, then drew in his breath. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Well, there you are, Jonas. You were wondering about release,” he said in a bitter voice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Duskendale had been his finest hour, yet the memory tasted bitter on his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After several days of hunger they ate snails, which were bitter tasting. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s supposed to show where we taste different things, like salty on the side of the tongue, sweet in the front, bitter in the back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A bitter steam was rising from it, and Will heard the liquid bubbling fiercely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She made another face, the kind of face you make when your mouth lands on something bitter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Her black hair was like a mirror for smooth shining blackness, but from her speech one could perceive she was not of the lord’s family, but a slave, sharp voiced and bitter tongued. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z But bitter fate saw him bound hand and foot by savage herdsmen. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The word will get around,” Miss Love said, bitter. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z School desegregation, imposed by a federal court over bitter protests, did not take place until 1982. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed, not in a mean or bitter way, but just like he thought she was funny. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They were as bitter as gall, but he chewed them anyway, spit them out, and got others. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother studied her like she was a bitter disappointment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You can’t trust him. He is old beyond counting, and crafty. He is bitter from the guilt of murder and is cursed by the gods.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Scooped out his heart and sent the empty bitter rind of him on home. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I break the acorns open and stuff the bitter nuts into nooks of the tree trunk so the squirrels won’t go hungry. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My breath hitches at what I see laid bare in his gaze: a wrenching knowledge, a bitter understanding of pain that I know well. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He popped the top and drank the bitter beverage, swallowing with his eyes closed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Over time, the Meggers-Roosevelt dispute grew bitter and personal; inevitable in a contemporary academic context, it featured charges of colonialism, elitism, and membership in the CIA. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Fair enough,” Percy said, though he had a bitter taste in his mouth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It’s—well—I’ll tell you the one thing I can think of. This is much more like a bitter, deadly combat than a birth.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of all this plenty they sat in the house, therefore, when the winds of winter came out of the desert to the northeast of them, winds bitter and biting. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z As I wandered up and down the streets, I turned bitter and angry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z During the weeks of bitter wrangling I sat in hopeless wonder. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Not like he was frustrated or hadn’t gotten his way, but like life was bitter. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z As we saw every Sunday arriving at Parkway Gardens for dinner, my grandfather lived with the bitter residue of his own dashed dreams. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So what more natural than they would one day talk over endless coffeepots into innumerable midnights, and out of all the talk and the bitter brewings would come—the House of Usher. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A bitter grin had transformed his mouth into a single line. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the iron down real slow, feel that bitter seed grow in my chest, the one planted after Treelore died. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Many wild seeds evolved to be bitter, bad-tasting, or actually poisonous, in order to deter animals from eating them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She was a cool, bitter older sister to the girl I had known. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There was no indoor plumbing, and in the bitter winter the trip to the outhouse was one I learned to delay as long as possible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Others felt, rightly or wrongly, that Ebright was bitter about not getting the job at Washington and was bent on evening a personal score. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Shut the door; I shall wait till morning!” and covered my face with my hands to hide my tears of bitter disappointment. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was cold in the dining-room, the sun not yet on the windows, and I was grateful for the scalding bitter coffee and heartening bacon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z All I could think of now was the almost bitter taste of the bubbles popping against my tongue, the crunch and numb swallow of ice cubes, condensation accumulating on textured plastic until it dripped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I heard the bitter tone in my voice, and it came to me how I could lock that tone into my voice forever. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the nation came together again after the bitter and bloody four-year Civil War, slaves had become free. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was likely that the two boys were with Grant’s army; the fighting, especially at Donelson, had been bitter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z A bitter smell wafted between the planks of wood hammered over the opening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly, and for the first time, really, I was struck by the bitter, irrevocable truth of it; the evil of what we had done. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She summoned Alecto, one of the Furies, from Hades and bade her loose bitter war over the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Bile rises in my throat and I swallow the bitter taste. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Always alone. Always misunderstood. Easy to turn bitter, make horrible mistakes. People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “My eyes . But Fayge was beyond answering. It was Hannah who told him, her voice bitter. “Work makes you free,” she said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “They shoot them,” he repeated, and the words were dusty and bitter on his tongue. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It left a bitter taste in my mouth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Wab was still bitter as she stood, brushing the grass off the back of her faded sweatpants, the initials of a university she’d never attended stamped across the seat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My lament subsided into bitter tears that left me shaking as if all my limbs would come loose from my body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After the bitterest winter anyone could recall, life was slowly returning to normal. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s bitter on my tongue. I think of it as the Unseen City instead.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He swallowed back the bitter taste, broke free and ran across the ring. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess it’s been standing around too long. I’m going to throw it out. Say, that is bitter. Let me get you a glass of water.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Your grandmother was also there, and no one has ever accused her of being bitter. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I tried to pretend saying all of this out loud didn’t coat my mouth in the bitter taste of disappointment. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Kaz was watching her intently, his bitter coffee eyes glittering in the light from the dome. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The bitter truth is that Therese will die, perhaps on this Easter day. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Hard and cruel and bitter was the land that met his gaze. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It brings a bitter taste to my mouth to show him that he scares me, but I have to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a bitter tea. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this the bitter fruit of my disobedience?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I found out later that their fruit was too small and bitter and full of worms to be eaten, but right then the trees filled the air with the sweet promising scent of blossoms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In the same room with the fingerprints they’re handing out pieces of paper; you’re supposed to taste them and say whether they taste bitter, like peach pits, or sour, like lemons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was bitter because she thought if everything was the same, except for her race, she would have been made vice president. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z With many bitter sidelong looks and some sullen muttering, the class opened their books. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Almost before we were introduced, P. D. launched into bitter complaints, wanting to know why Dean Gandy had not insisted he give the lecture today. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It helps that it hasn’t stopped raining for weeks—freezing, driving, bitter rain accompanied by gales howling through the trees, so loud they drown out the sound of the train. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosa watched with a look of bitter satisfaction. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The following day Garfield began his presidency, getting a bitter taste of what lay ahead. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For one bitter moment, I thought Dad had lied. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Writing was more like trying to chew an unripe apple—bitter and hard and not worth the effort. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Globs splashed into her mouth, sickly sweet, sharp and bitter. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Now Coach swallowed something, like bitter air, twisting his face up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I’m not scared,” she said, like it was a bitter word she needed to spit out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Her laugh is short and as bitter as dark coffee. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Sheet after sheet, article after article, each da-zi-bao was a bitter accusation. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson was guilty of “the blackest calumny and foulest falsehoods” during that bitter campaign. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The Cold War was clearly going to be a long and bitter fight. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As the fire became an inferno, Cole tried to swallow the bitter taste that had come to his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Sparling became restive and bitter and began to talk in a desolate monotone about his eleven months in France during the Great War. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Black skies, bitter winds, and lashing rains had hounded them all the way down the coast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A naphtha lamp hung over the table, and a brazier held burning coals against the bitter chill of the night. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a bitter sensation, a sourness in his mouth and heart, and he knew he wore it all over his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If they wished to think of him as an ignorant child, he must not try to change their idea of him, but it was a bitter dose to swallow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z These passages show that the great and bitter needs of the helpless were reaching up to heaven and changing the god of the strong into the protector of the weak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember it tasting the way I felt, sweet and bitter and sullen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Nice,” I said, trying to sound sarcastic without crossing into bitter. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The cold was startling, like a slap to the face, and the wind was still bitter. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When I’m settled, Maya gives me a sweet drink that tastes of mango and something bitter. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She dreamed of roast beef, sweet wine, and bitter herbs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They chatter up and down the line, sometimes laughing and joking, sometimes spitting bitter debates. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One showery afternoon when raindrops sparkled like fairy dew on the new green leaves, Magister Reese sat dreaming over his mug of Jennet’s thin, bitter ale. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked her, too, to stop bringing foul-smelling concoctions for Arize to drink in bitter gulps. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The rain continued, gray and bitter and cold. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Even a playground bully will want his mother in the bitter end. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For half a second her face changes—something sharp and bitter—but right away she smiles again and says, "Sure, see you 'round." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered when he had first carried Zero up the hill, how the air had smelled bitter. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Jeanne spat out her words like the pits of bitter plums. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z After that, she vowed to drink her coffee bitter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “What were you working on until the bitter end?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A bitter wind blew in through the open garage door, and rattled the corrugated roof. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was bitter and tasted like rancid grapefruit juice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Some chocolate had the bitters and you added sugar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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