For some, the return trip was a bittersweet experience.

But it was a bittersweet experience, they say.

He said of his coming retirement: "It's sort of a bittersweet experience.

Seeing the relief on the Hans' faces had been an awkward and bittersweet experience for the captain.

Overseeing the process has been a bittersweet experience for her.

That bittersweet experience convinced him he should start his own company.

Election night was a bittersweet experience for the Clintons.

"It was a bittersweet experience, " John had told me.

Sorting through those seven decades turned out to be a bittersweet experience.

But I have to tell you that this morning is also a bittersweet experience for me personally.