That these men bear blame for the "bitter, raging" failure of their children is undeniable.

The present is a bitter failure, a reminder of a futile life.

Frankel called it "the century's bitterest journalistic failure."

Despite its large budget (US $800,000), the film "suffered a bitter critical and commercial failure."

There are few trifling failures more bitter in our journey through life than that of a tired traveller mistaking his road.

To some, this marked the two former Little Leaguers as bitter athletic failures, which is probably not accurate.

It was a bitter failure - with critics and the public.

Alone, weary, a success to the world, yet in your heart, in your home, a bitter failure.

No single explanation seems to suffice for what was surely the century's bitterest journalistic failure.

Of course, you don't have to be a drunk, a thief or a bitter failure for this to backfire.