BITTERLY in a Sentence

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Angry she was: bitterly angry; but she was more angry with Fanny for having received such an offer than for refusing it.

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 Meanings and Examples of BITTERLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bitterly
 ad.  extremely and sharply
 ad.  with bitterness, in a resentful manner
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "The blundering fool," Holmes said, bitterly, as we drove back to our lodgings.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  "Then mother's a deader too," cried the little girl dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3  "What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
4  In January there came bitterly hard weather.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
5  She slipped into her nightdress, and went to bed, where she sobbed bitterly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  He thought of his wife, and always bitterly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
7  It was cruel of her at that moment: for his pride had suffered bitterly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
8  She cried bitterly over this reflection when her uncle was gone; and her cousins, on seeing her with red eyes, set her down as a hypocrite.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  Fanny was by this time crying so bitterly that, angry as he was, he would not press that article farther.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
10  Angry she was: bitterly angry; but she was more angry with Fanny for having received such an offer than for refusing it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  'Yes, sir,' replied Oliver, weeping bitterly.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  As Mr. Bumble paused to take breath, after delivering this address in an awful voice, the tears rolled down the poor child's face, and he sobbed bitterly.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
13  The terrified children cried bitterly; but the old woman, who had hitherto remained as quiet as if she had been wholly deaf to all that passed, menaced them into silence.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  "This is the pleasure I have won by my trouble," she whispered bitterly.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
15  I'll be bitterly merry, and ironically gay, and I'll laugh in derision.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
16  The rift within the organization reflects the growing bitterness of the dispute.
17  Suffering was easier to bear than the bitterness he felt corroding his spirit.
18  The latest bombing would exacerbate England's already existing bitterness against the IRA, causing the prime minister to break off the peace talks abruptly.
19  I had left this woman in bitterness and hate, and I came back to her now with no other emotion than a sort of compassion for her great sufferings.
20  Such mega-events have undergirded determination in government and the public alike to move on longstanding issues of housing and infrastructure; a flood of public-works projects have accelerated a profound reshaping of Rio de Janeiro, often in ways that reanimate bitterness over racial and class divisions.
21  Learning is a bitter root, but it bears sweet fruit.
22  They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
23  Although again sweet candy, also has a bitter day.
24  The ensuing argument had been bitter.
25  The parents were locked in a bitter battle for custody.
26  Allen is fighting a bitter custody battle over his three children.
27  Sit not sad because that time a fitful aspect weareth; Patience is most bitter, yet most sweet the fruit it bearth.
28  He who has not tasted bitter knows not what sweet is.
29  That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
30  There is nothing which has not been bitter before being ripe.