Sentence examples for bitter effort from inspiring English sources

And two years later, in a bitter effort to get even with the Clintons as they climbed toward the White House, he turned them over to this reporter for The New York Times.

It seems odd to be asked to explain why liberty matters, after 400 years of often bitter effort to wrest it from the hands of the privileged and powerful few; but, alas, here we are.

I don't think they'll have much to show for their bitter efforts because when you see her in person she comes off as such an authentic and caring human being there really isn't much to vilify.

But maturity does not necessarily lead to mellowness: in some cases it can leave a bitter aftertaste, requiring effort to understand its complexity and complexes.

Recapturing Tall Afar would cut off one of Islamic State's last routes to move supplies and fighters to and from Syria, about 60 miles farther west, and mark a milestone in the bitter three-year effort to defeat the group that once controlled a third of Iraq.

"He becomes increasingly isolated and bitter in his efforts to manage the narrative and manage the public's perception of the war.

The decision to bar Ms. Bischoff from participating in talks involving the union comes at a time when the union and hospitals are locked in a bitter battle over efforts to unionize nearly 400 clerical workers.

A non-profit legal organization has filed suit to force the federal government to reclassify the manatee from endangered to threatened, reopening the bitter fight over efforts to protect the species from boats.

In the moments after that game, Hatten gave himself an F for effort and bitter B for the learning experience.

Those who are trapped by bitter experience make every effort to disrupt the progress of diplomacy once again.

The so-called DIX (Digital-Intel-Xerox) consortium spent years fighting rivals in the IEEE's standards committee meetings.Some participants retain bitter memories of an effort in the early 1980s, by Hewlett-Packard, to rewrite the standard in committee.