Sentence examples for certain bitter from inspiring English sources

Jackson Pollock, Mr. Rivers recalled with a certain bitter glee, "once tried to run down one of my sculptures that was standing in a friend's driveway in East Hampton".

For example, 23andMe says I'm likely to taste certain bitter compounds.

Have to admit there's a certain bitter irony in today' s headlines in France about an Islamic terrorist network being rounded up in Strasbourg, Paris, Nice and Cannes, at the same time as the TV news shows French forces beginning their withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In the case of the classic taster/nontaster alleles, the three possible genotypes at this locus can lead to low (nontaster/nontaster), intermediate (taster/nontaster), and high (taster/taster) perception of certain bitter compounds (Kim et al. 2003; Bufe et al. 2005; Sandell and Breslin 2006).

The plans, being prepared in Berlin and Brussels, are certain to trigger bitter resistance and major clashes within the EU.

For their part, Affirmed and Alydar refused to talk about their relationship, so I'm not certain whether the bitter rivals were the horses, their connections or their fans.

In a Europe where big banks hold outsize political and financial power — Cypriot banks wield assets eight times the size of the country's economic output — any move to punish depositors is certain to attract bitter opposition.

[A1.] Nintendo Announces New Console Nintendo offered the opening gambit in what is certain to become a bitter battle of new technology and cost-cutting in the home video game industry.

The home video game industry is about to embark on what is certain to become a bitter and bloody year of new technology and cost-cutting, which many people in the business say will claim one or more victims.

Harmony Gold Mining, South Africa's gold largest miner, made a hostile bid today to acquire buy Gold Fields for 52.9 billion rand ($8.2 billion) in stock, sparking what is certain to be a bitter takeover battle to create the world's largest gold producer.

The science bit aside, the fact remains that some people find certain foodstuffs more unbearably bitter than others do – as will be all too clear to anyone who has ever seen a child's face when "made" to eat a brussels sprout.