embitter
verb (used with object)
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness.
was embittering
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past progressiveof embitter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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March 5th.—Sadly disappointed in J. D. I did hope he was embittering the world to her by degrees.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
Indeed, he secretly disliked Rodney Grant more than ever, and, now that Springer had taken Grant in hand to make a pitcher of him, Roy's spleen was embittering his very soul.
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Morgan Scott
"Ah, what?" reply I, with oracular spite; then, overcome with remorse at the thought of the way in which I was embittering the first moments of his return, I rebury my face in his shoulder.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
In fact, when the deliverance came, it was not particularly welcome, oven though oppression was embittering the peoples' lives.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
A young officer, home on a short leave of absence, asked me to see his mother-in-law who, in spite of the happiest circumstances, was embittering her own and her people's existence by a senseless idea.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
