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verb

embitter

cause to be bitter or resentful

In a sentence

Six example sentences with embitter, each labelled with its topic.

  • Three rounds of unpaid overtime embittered the warehouse crew, and the best supervisors left within a month of each other.

    Business

  • Years of rejected manuscripts embittered him so thoroughly that his late essays attack the very readers he once courted.

    Literature

  • A contract dispute embittered the veteran forward, who now answers every postgame question in four words or fewer.

    Basketball

  • The disputed recount embittered voters on both sides, and turnout in the next election fell below forty percent.

    Politics

  • Psychologists note that constant comparison with a favored sibling can embitter a person well into adulthood.

    Psychology

  • A cofounder's exit over unvested shares embittered the remaining team, and the topic still stops conversation at lunch.

    Startups

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