Sentence examples for story of bitterness from inspiring English sources

So begins Charles Dickens's Christmas story of bitterness and redemption.

For Mr. Brown — a star high school center who once seemed destined for a spot in the N.B.A. — all that was left on Thursday was a Staples shopping cart carrying a few of his possessions: a pair of sneakers, a blanket, a laminated copy of a New York Times article from this year that detailed his sad story of decline, bitterness, drug arrests and missed opportunities.

"The level of bitterness is at its zenith.

She said: 'Hey, Mom, they're going to do your thing!' I just thought, 'How cool is this after all that time?'" "It's so great," Joan says, "that after 45 years we're going to get a copy!" Perhaps the most touching thing about the Honey Ltd story is their lack of bitterness.

Crouch recalled the story without a hint of bitterness or disappointment, but one can only imagine the limitations that would naturally follow for an artist who was willing to walk away from career-making opportunities like that one and they no doubt affected his ability to reach a mass audience beyond the Gospel genre.

Sometimes told with a laugh, sometimes told with a tone of bitterness, these stories tend to be about cultural mishaps and miscommunication that, 11 years after the start of the international intervention, still occur with alarming frequency.

When Abdur-Rashid gets to that part of his story, bitterness creeps into his voice.

Kerr tells the story of her parents' tumultuous life without a trace of bitterness.

His charisma, self-deprecating sense of humour and lack of bitterness over his harsh treatment, as well as his amazing life story, partly explain his extraordinary global appeal.

There was not a trace of bitterness or ill-feeling as they accepted their status as victims of an astonishing story and accepted their fate with great dignity.

There are seeds of bitterness there as well, and, as survivors of tragedy, we must eventually choose which story we choose to water.