Word: bittering
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...child’s’ significance. This [...] motif merits our closer examination—first because it is a figure which recurs throughout the literature of this period and second, because the ‘old child’ represents these Southern Renaissance writers need to dramatize the bitter argument that rages within them...
...heavyweight and lightweight squads both could not get out of their minds this season, it was the thought of races past and races yet to come. Each came off of last year’s performances at the regional Sprints championships and the IRA national championships with a bitter aftertaste lingering in their mouths...
...wonder if, with time, I will forget—my preferred seat in the library, where my favorite section of books is, how it feels to be a student studying through the bitter cold reading period, or working hour upon hour on my senior thesis between runs to J.P. Licks for a free sample of ice cream and a large Earl Grey tea. Already the ghosts of faded experience fill Widener’s halls and surroundings, swirled about in my memory with a thousand other impressions...
...that it was a rebuilding year,” said captain and three-year varsity eight veteran Martin Eiermann. “We didn’t do very well, but we learned a lot. And last year we had a great season, but there was always a slightly bitter aftertaste. But, when we came back this year, it was pretty clear that since we had won the Jope Cup in the Ivy League and come in second at Sprints, there was only...
Here’s an interesting hypothetical situation: after spending your high school years cultivating a bitter dislike for your biggest rival, you’re suddenly forced to spend multiple hours a day with him in a narrow, compact space. It could have the potential to be a little awkward, right...