The word honor had a bitter twist on it.

His smile altered slightly, his lips taking a bitter twist.

A bitter little twist came to his lips.

In a bitter twist, she said, many of the restaurant's neighbors, who are regular customers, helped build her patio.

There was a bitter twist to her mouth.

In a bitter ironic twist, he had died on the same date, and at the same age, as his own father.

He said the last with a bitter little twist of his mouth.

At the end of this 'play' within the play, there is a bitter twist in the story.

The bitterest twist for Walker is that he finally did produce a winner - in his absence.

Now, there's a bitter twist of fate, he thought.