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Bittersweet meaning
Both bitter and sweet. | Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure. | Of bittersweet color (see the noun section, below).
Example sentences (20)
Just as it was bittersweet to watch Dustin Pedroia be inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame this summer, it’s bittersweet seeing his name on the Cooperstown ballot this week.
As Paddy departs, it’s bittersweet for a brave faced Mandy.
Bringing Odin back again (especially after such a long and bittersweet farewell) would undercut the power of Odin's final choices and Thor's decision to carry on in his stead.
But for Lehto, being on her boat was bittersweet.
David captaining Kerry to the county’s 84th provincial title and raising the silverware was a bittersweet moment, but one that his mother, no doubt, was looking down on with pride.
Easily one of the best on-screen duos, it's heartwarming and bittersweet to witness their tender connection being built over their surprisingly shared pain, which revels in its nuance, subtlety and vulnerability.
Elsewhere, the empoweringly bittersweet "Call Out the Dark" opens the show; the downright abrasive "My Allied Ocean" highlights the group's most ferocious side; and "King of Errors" balances its metal and symphonic elements perfectly.
Florence summer 2023 students bidding the Duomo farewell in Florence, Italy on June 30. In the last few hours before a 4 a.m. departure, students gave a bittersweet goodbye to the landmark cathedral.
For Gibbs, who equipped the gelding with cheekpieces, it was a career-high moment, yet it was also slightly bittersweet.
For me, I guess, it's bittersweet right now.
Girl in the Basement is a true story and its inspiration has a bittersweet ending, as Elisabeth and her six children now safely live in an undisclosed location while being guarded by Austrian authorities.
Giving some insight, Todd explains to camera, “It's kind of fun working with them but it's also hard because we argue and fight a lot on these types of things so he's got his ideas I got mine so it's bittersweet.
Harnick’s words to “Sunrise, Sunset,” a bittersweet wedding song, quickly became a hallmark of Jewish life cycle events — but the song was also so thoroughly embraced by non-Jews that it even featured in a Lawrence Welk Easter special.
However, it will also be a bittersweet one, as after five series and multiple specials, this upcoming episode will mark the final one of the show.
However, knowing this would be the last time a new Henry Cavill would be debuted was still a bittersweet moment for many fans online.
In "Nice While It Lasted," BoJack attends Princess Carolyn's (Amy Sedaris) wedding while on furlough from prison, and the episode essentially grants him a carousel of sweet — or bittersweet — moments with his old friends and acquaintances.
It has been a true bittersweet goodbye for the four, who have not had the senior year on the court they expected.
I think his death was a bittersweet and it should’ve been left alone.
It's a big, sweeping, and even orchestral rock song, and it fits perfectly alongside the film's bittersweet ending, with a final shot showing a time-lapse of the development of the world-famous New York City skyline.
It’s a bittersweet ending for Alfred, who is still suffering from the pain of the sacrifices his children made.