The shuttle's destruction on re-entry returned them to Israel's hard reality, with a bitter sense that their nation had been denied a triumph.

But that hopefulness has been replaced by a bitter sense of betrayal.

His friends remember him as a short, smart man with a sharp, bitter sense of humor.

But there was nothing, only the bitter sense of frustration.

Permit a bitter' sense of futility to drain them of hope, as Michael was drained.

He felt only an angry resentment, a bitter sense that someone had played a dirty trick on him.

I could see a somewhat bitter sense of humour was what kept him going.

Dan's bitter sense of loss went deeper than his common sense.

Then he came down to cold, bitter sense again.

The bitter sense of failure turned his voice to ice.