Supporters of the Homeport reacted with bitter resignation.

It's an off-chance all right, Centaine agreed with bitter resignation.

The journalist's voice was full of bitter resignation now, as though he expected to die, so nothing he said mattered anymore.

I was saddened by the bitter resignation in her voice.

"Since we must go let us go as soon as we can and have it over," said poor Anne with bitter resignation.

She adopted an air of bitter resignation and shook her head.

'You shall have ten paces,' said the younger man's second, with bitter resignation.

All those years of misery the wretched Terry caused his parents - oh, Jack's bitter resignation!

They seemed to have been left with a sense of bitter resignation by the failure of the attempt at democratic reform that began in 1989.

Julius nodded with bitter resignation, taking the bowl from his men and helping the man to hold it to his lips.