How to Use bittersweet in a Sentence
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Of course, things might get a little bittersweet.
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Denise Warner,
Billboard,
22 Dec. 2025
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Wrap some twine around the neck of each jar, stick in a few branches of bittersweet, and voilà!
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Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Place bittersweet chocolate in a small bowl with the coconut oil.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
The Denver Post,
14 Feb. 2020
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For many of those who live in Genoa, then, the opening of the new bridge is at best bittersweet.
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Gaia Pianigiani,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Aug. 2020
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One of the worst is oriental bittersweet, which is a fiend in the woods and meadows.
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Washington Post,
9 July 2019
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Both brothers said that makes the moment a little bittersweet.
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Dallas News,
31 July 2020
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For him, the occasion is both a relief and bittersweet.
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David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In this way, the crust is a little bittersweet, which serves as a counterpoint to the rich filling.
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Tribune News Service,
cleveland,
21 Sep. 2020
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The bittersweet send off was marked with warm hugs, tears and gifts from locals who have enjoyed many a meal at the eatery since its opening.
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Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
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This, this is a, obviously one that is a little bittersweet for some of us on this podcast.
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Laura Johnston,
cleveland,
14 Apr. 2022
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This is the last session on my current membership, which feels a little bittersweet.
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R29 Team,
Refinery29,
24 Sep. 2025
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Discs landed in thick clumps of bittersweet, underneath bushes, into fields of tall grass.
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Denise Coffey,
Courant Community,
17 Aug. 2017
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Taking down all your holiday décor feels a little bittersweet, but reframe it as a fresh, clean slate for the new year.
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Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
31 Dec. 2025
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Her freshman year bookended with another chance to see her sister play, though this one was a shade bittersweet.
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Jr Radcliffe,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
2 Nov. 2017
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Reuniting with people who mean so much to him as been a little bittersweet, Solis said.
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Deborah Martin,
ExpressNews.com,
28 Sep. 2020
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But this was about the final season in Oakland as well, with the memories and the tears and the taste of bittersweet.
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Bruce Jenkins,
SFChronicle.com,
15 June 2019
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Dump two cups each of semisweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, bittersweet chocolate chips and white chocolate chips in a big cast-iron skillet.
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al,
4 Apr. 2021
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The leak may reveal a big detail in this bittersweet No Way Home ending.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
10 Dec. 2021
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Thus far, the show's four season run has included several bittersweet — and quite a few tragic — farewells.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
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The first episode is nostalgic and a little bittersweet, but not exactly urgent.
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James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2021
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Most baseball jobs saved There is other A’s news, also a little bittersweet.
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Susan Slusser,
SFChronicle.com,
21 Oct. 2020
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This is a little bittersweet, coming from the retailer background, but the industry has changed so much over the last decade.
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Andrew Weaver,
Outside Online,
15 Apr. 2020
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Cry Macho gives us two endings — one evenly bittersweet, the other more firmly to either side of the line.
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K. Austin Collins,
Rolling Stone,
17 Sep. 2021
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The high school nostalgia of it all is cross-generational, timeless and bittersweet.
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Raisa Bruner,
Time,
24 May 2021
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Despite his excitement, Nazem Kadri called the trade bittersweet.
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Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Build the backbone To make the actual wreath frame, use willow or a vine like wisteria, grape or bittersweet.
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Molly Marquand,
Good Housekeeping,
8 Dec. 2017
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Her mother, Lida, passed away seven months ago, which made the homecoming bittersweet.
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Alexis Cubit,
The Courier-Journal,
13 Dec. 2022
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The heart of this piece is its arrival at a few bars of repose near the end of the last movement, a moment of bittersweet, heart-stopping suspension.
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Marcus Overton,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
21 Apr. 2018
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Sondheim favored the bittersweet over the black and white, but not bittersweet in a soft-focus nostalgia way, more a twist-of-the-knife way.
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Gemma Wilson,
Boston Herald,
5 Dec. 2025
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Last week, the area was secured with a padlock on a chain-link fence and the entire area appeared overgrown with signs of invasive plants such as bittersweet.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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The song seems like a bittersweet, push/pull kind of song.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Aug. 2025
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This is very bittersweet for me.
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Zack Sharf,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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The film ends on a bold, bittersweet note—Alex has won, but is too late.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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This time of the year is always bittersweet.
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Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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But the cheeky spot has a bittersweet ending.
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Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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But for many, the moment was bittersweet.
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Peter Carline,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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To the people that knew her and loved her this moment feels bittersweet.
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Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Not even bittersweet, just bitter all around.
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Michele Gile,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Who can resist the bittersweet ganache and milky cream in a chocolate eclair?
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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Coach, after such a tough loss, bittersweet way to end the season.
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Nubyjas Wilborn | ,
al,
18 Mar. 2023
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Knowing such scenes will soon end is bittersweet for their keepers.
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Mahika Gupta,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2023
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The end of summer is bittersweet.
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Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Aug. 2025
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Light and medium roasts are milder, while medium dark roasts are stronger and bittersweet.
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Amanda MacMillan,
Health,
29 Oct. 2023
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That final scene was so bittersweet.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Dec. 2025
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And that’s the strange, slightly bittersweet shape of his story.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Still, selling the ranch is bittersweet, Toney said.
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Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The moment was truly bittersweet for her — and there was a lot of sweetness to that.
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Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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But there was one part of the ceremony that left him with a bittersweet taste in his mouth.
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Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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But the mood is bittersweet on this bright winter day in central Phoenix.
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The Arizona Republic,
4 Jan. 2024
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The bittersweet part was that hip-hop demanded time away from my baby.
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Bonsu Thompson,
Men's Health,
1 Aug. 2023
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Yet her memories of that time are bittersweet.
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Laura Cappelle,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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For some of those who had known him the longest, the convictions were bittersweet.
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Josh Feldman,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2024
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Watch the video above to see the bittersweet embrace for a fellow soldier.
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Seth Carnell,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, crypto’s collapse might turn out to be bittersweet news in the long run.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
21 Dec. 2022
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This is Ashley, coming to you with some bittersweet news this week.
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Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the studio, someone remarked that our last few episodes would be bittersweet.
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Raul A. Reyes,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2023
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Wong, one of the many survivors in attendance, felt the night was bittersweet.
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Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2024
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The reunion is short-lived, a quick and bittersweet hit of nostalgia.
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A.a. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2023
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This bread pudding-like bake starts with hunks of challah and bittersweet chocolate.
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Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Dec. 2025
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His final sketch, which also closed the show, was a bittersweet, tearful one.
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Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
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