"Where are you off to at this bitter time of the year, my lad?"

She condensed the story into what took perhaps no more than ten units, a short history of a bitter time.

He would later describe autumn 1909 as "an endlessly bitter time".

Over subsequent months, its economy contracted and bitter times set in.

He supposed I was having a bitter hard time of it.

Surely the wine of such a bitter time should not be sweet.

'This is a bitter time for all of us, Princess,' he said.

That laugh was our sweet revenge on those bitter times.

This self imposed exile was a lonely and bitter time for him.

A little good news goes a long way in these bitter times.