Having endured the common but bitter shock of visual reminders of our advancing age at earlier reunions, both high school and previous college ones, we'd decided and hoped that enough fun could be conjured up to rate the expense of time — and the expense — of going.
It took almost a day, after the bitter shock of Tuesday morning, before it began to become clear who might be missing, who might be presumed dead and who, in the case of the passengers and crew on the four hijacked planes, must certainly have died.
Other loaded footballers are reportedly angry, bitter, appalled, shocked, devastated, etc, etc.
The plan collapsed in November 2012 after it was derailed by just six votes cast by lay members, causing shock and bitter recriminations within the Church of England and prompting threats of an intervention by parliament.
For the connections of Simple Verse, whose owner, Sheikh Fahad al-Thani, had paid a £50,000 supplementary fee on Monday to add her to the race, there was profound shock and bitter disappointment.
The liquid hits the back of my throat like an electric shock, at once bitter and sweet.
Cutting open the bitter melon, the caller was shocked to find the bags of powder inside.
While I join those who are greatly saddened by this lapse in security, and aware of the consequences, I am also shocked at the bitter attacks on WikiLeaks, which seem unbalanced, under the circumstances.
In both assays flies were willing to overcome negative stimuli (bitter-tasting compound or electric shock, respectively) in order to obtain ethanol or the ethanol-associated cue, suggesting compulsive-like behavior toward ethanol.
Who wants to self-identify as "widow?" Shocked, terrified, saddened, angry, remorseful, bitter, paralyzed and numb are fitting adjectives.
If the sticker shock doesn't make that brew bitter enough, consider this: Despite what you might expect, that extra $2 and change isn't going to the hustling server who sold it to you, according to a new lawsuit.
