Sentence examples for bitter peace from inspiring English sources

Near the end, he finds a bitter peace: **{:.break one} ** Life is atrocious, we know.

The bitter peace of Versailles shaped the experience of the next generation — Franklin Roosevelt's and Dwight Eisenhower's.

The bitter peace of Versailles shaped the experience of the next generation—Franklin Roosevelt's and Dwight Eisenhower's.

In September 1809 a bitter peace was made at Fredrikshamn, in which Sweden surrendered Finland and the Åland Islands (northeast of Stockholm) to Russia.

International leverage, correctly applied, could help expand this small window for change, leading to the democratization and demilitarization the country desperately needs to move finally beyond its horrific war and its bitter peace.

John F. Kennedy, in his 1961 inaugural address, said, "The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans — tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage".

Candidates allied with Álvaro Uribe Vélez, an arch-conservative presidential hopeful who vows to deal with leftist rebels harshly, surged in Sunday's Congressional elections in another sign that Colombia was continuing its rightward shift after the bitter failure of peace talks, several leading political analysts said today.

But when the council finally imposed sanctions to compel an end to the fighting, supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini was forced to "drink the bitter cup" of peace without justice.

The dogs upset the great flocks of crows — karasu — that nest in the foliage or perch insolently on the tombs and whose bitter cawing fractures the peace.

Hoping for a durable peace between bitter adversaries, the Bush administration has declared that Mr. Sharon should go it alone, without negotiating.

The idea is to demonstrate that if they -- onetime foes who have every reason to remain bitter -- can make peace, so can thousands of other Colombians now locked in the 37th year of increasingly senseless and brutal fighting.