1.   A number of women were quite bitter about their futile attempts to get clergy to help.

2.   From being a little bitter it had become increasingly affectionate, as Matey had shrewdly noted.

3.   In its raw state, cocoa is very bitter.

4.   Previous hearings have also been bitter, but those concerning cabinet nominees have concentrated on personal matters.

5.   Rarely has division within a ruling party been so bitter.

6.   She loved him so much, and to realise that she was only an episode in his busy life was bitter indeed.

7.   The citron has the most beautiful fragrance of all the citrus fruits and its pith is not bitter.

8.   The dispute was all the more bitter because a prize was at stake.