Sentence examples for biting bitterness from inspiring English sources
In one of the show's smartest moments, Ms. Hicks steps out of Garland's shadow long enough to deliver "I Cried for You" (from "Babes in Arms") with an edge that replaces misty-eyed pathos with a biting bitterness.
"They were gracious people," he writes, "and my envy would wriggle through their good humor like a snake in the garden and, finding nothing vain to attack, would turn back and bite itself in bitterness".
Bitterness in a food is a warning to stop biting on it, let alone swallow it.
They were absolutely delicious: sweet, savory, packed with flavor and entirely free of the bitterness or bite you often find in veal kidneys.
"This bitterness is going to get so bad that this respect for foreigners will go too," he said biting down intensely on each word.
I did, and the Bärwurz seemed to bite back, offering an even bitterness, along with strange spicy notes I couldn't quite identify.
(Anyone who bites into a green olive off the tree lives to regret it: the puckery bitterness can linger for hours).
Or, maybe it's just her openness to approaching these difficult topics: not with a sugar coating, but rather, a sweet bite to take the bitterness off. .
Given Streisand's general notion to bring forth "the actress who sings" on Encore, it's fascinating that she chose not to sink her teeth into the standard version of "Not A Day Goes By,"* which is filled with an inherent bitterness and bite.
