Sentence examples for a point of bitterness from inspiring English sources

The name means "point and a half", and refers to its balance: a point of sweetness, and half a point of bitterness.

Sage adds a great savory balance because it's aromatic almost to the point of bitterness and thus cuts what could be too sweet of a drink.

The tricolore salad should have been a bicolore salad; the arugula was mature to the point of bitterness.

The garlic is used generously and in chunks, and it is browned nearly to the point of bitterness to make it extra strong.

Life has disappointed her to the point of bitterness, and that bitterness is what fuels her now: for better or for worse, survival is the only ambition available to her in this morally compromised world.

The French onion soup was dismayingly thin, in need of some kick from a rich sherry or strong beef stock, while the cassoulet of escargots was liquored up to the point of bitterness.

The sirloin steak was paired with addictive thin, crisp French fries, but the beef was dry, and the cabernet demi-glace on the plate had been reduced to the point of bitterness.

It left a legacy of bitterness against Labour at a national and local level.

He did not elaborate on that last point, but there has often been an undercurrent of bitterness in Justice Thomas's public remarks since his confirmation hearings in 1991, when he faced accusations of sexual harassment.

The irony is a source of bitterness.

"There was a lot of bitterness".