Sentence examples for a touch bitter from inspiring English sources

It is saline, exotic and a touch bitter.

Lightly sweetened and just a touch bitter, the romantic comedy "In Search of a Midnight Kiss" treads familiar if appealing ground.

Racy and elegant, with a touch of bitter citrus that hides considerable power.

Both, and the base tonic he makes, are light in texture, a touch more bitter than commercial tonics and slightly less sweet.

Ana Magdalena, "a touch of bitter perfume behind each ear", goes on to sleep with a man at the hotel where she is staying.

For readers from the industry wondering whether there might be potential in "eau de bat", Voigt describes its smell as "sweetish, with a touch of bitter almond".

An elegant white wine made from Liguria's native Pigato grape tasting of flowers, sea and salt and with a beautiful balance between fruit and minerality and a touch of bitter almond at the end.

£14.85, hhandc.co.uk Midweek meal Nero d'Avola Terre Sicilian 2012 The vibrant, peppery, silky-with-a-touch-of-bitter-chocolate characteristics of Nero d'Avola are on fine display here and will refresh the soul after a long, hard day.

But his foraging-first restaurant Girasol seems to be doing just fine, zapping arrangements of peaches, burrata and crisped lentils with a touch of bracingly bitter wild mugwort; flavoring the inevitable hamachi sashimi with wild sorrel instead of citrus; saucing the grilled prawns with a mole made with 19 different mountain-picked herbs.

Instead, a couple of ounces of dry vermouth on the rocks — not too strong, a touch sweet and slightly bitter — was the perfect aperitif.

There's even a touch of Polanski's Bitter Moon in here.