I cannot turn my back on this land, now that it has come to such bitter grief.

He shut his eyes for a moment, bitter grief deepening the lines already graven in the soft flesh of the lids.

The bitter grief, the solemn fervor of her words, both touched and awed Christie too much for speech.

I was aware of a deep bitter grief filling the room and knew how much I'd hurt him.

Now I wept with bitter, hopeless grief, knowing I would never reach her again.

She was, instead, the agent of his fate, the working out of his bitter grief.

Even so, it has been a bitter grief.

And, to our bitter grief, with a smile and in silence, he died, a gallant gentleman.

He will be despised and rejected - a man of sorrows, acquainted with the bitterest grief.

His face was almost unrecognizable, ravaged by bitter grief and inner torment.