Sour note.

It was a shattering experience.

As usual, it was a bittersweet experience.

(Music) Singer Ah, bitter blow!

... hasbeenamost bitter shock, you know?

A bitter disappointment to him.

But due to my conformity i am not bitter.

Although they have made progress on governance, many of them remain weak states.

My country has had bitter experience in this regard.

Our experience of aggression is a bitter one we hope it will be the last that we have to undergo.

I regret that I may perhaps have to end on a rather sour note.

In the 60 years of its existence, the United Nations has witnessed heated discussions and bitter disagreements.

MERCUTlO Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce.

What bitter blanks in those black bordered marbles which cover no ashes!

In these destitute areas, where most Iraqis live, people are prey to bitter temptations.

The country became embroiled in a bitter civil war, which lasted until nearly 1995.

The government sent in troops on 7 December, and a bitter street by street fight began.

90. The consequences of deforestation and environmental degradation have produced pressures that have touched off bitter conflicts.

We in the Philippines have learned this lesson the hard way and are now applying it faithfully.

Bolivia has had the bitter experience of long dictatorial interruptions in its institutional life.

And yet, in many places, a third of the children, by the time they're three already are facing a life of hardship due to this.

Some refuse to give up and hold on to the bitter end, while others can't take it anymore and crumble in a fit of dramatic passion.

Kenya is embroiled in bitter tribal disputes, and saddled with a brazenly corrupt government.

Gaining consensus in China is a glacial process that will not be accomplished in a single speech.

We indeed went through long and bitter times to get our freedom and independence, and to be where we are today.

Bailout operations invariably bring bitter controversy because they help some but not others.

'and vinegar that makes them sour and camomile that makes them bitter and and barley sugar and such things that make children sweet tempered.

And governments will determine whether we should prepare for bitter competition or a true team effort.

Slowly, many parents began to accept the fact that their children would be worse off.

Once the cards get shuffled, the positions change and individuals whose interests do not match the group s anymore, end up disappointed and bitter.

Sudan has been ravaged for decades by bitter conflicts rooted in abject poverty, struggles over resources, and ethnic and religious tensions.

For us, to be isolated from the European space and its values means to facilitate the re emergence of some influences from which we suffered painfully in the recent past.

Negative assumptions, prejudices, hatred, violence and bloodshed are a bitter legacy of this situation, for it is true that he who oppresses another is not free.

Yemen emerged in 1990 from the reunification of South Yemen and North Yemen, which fought bitter wars in 1972 and 1979.

On July 2, Mexico held a presidential election that triggered what has become a bitter political firefight.

The difficulties being experienced by African countries, including the crisis in Somalia and Rwanda, are but painful reminders that political emancipation is not the panacea for all problems.

An artist, or group of artists, chooses a crowded street to convey the message in words or picture or both, that most of the times contain bitter sarcasm.

In France, the debate has stalled altogether due to bitter distributive conflicts, deep division within the Left, and the Right's absence of an economic and social vision.

Bicky laughed, what I have sometimes seen described as a hollow, mocking laugh, a sort of bitter cackle from the back of the throat, rather like a gargle.

The euphoria we felt and the great expectations we entertained only yesterday, when a new and promising world seemed to be emerging, have now taken on a bitter quality.

For we should not forget that, under the prevailing conditions and procedures, inadequate transparency has led to bitter experiences, to say the least, for many, including my country.

I realize that the danger of terrorism cannot be eliminated overnight, and that our war against terrorism will be long and difficult and that terrorism is becoming increasingly violent and vicious as we tighten the noose around it.

Ahead of the Saturday showdown, rival fans have been gearing up offline, as well as in heated online exchanges, escalating into a bitter cyber war of intimidation.

It is a bitter irony that John McCain, the war hero, is considered a traitor by the conservative wing of his party because he has a compassionate attitude towards undocumented immigrants.

Sri Lanka, almost since independence in 1948, has been racked by acrimonious rivalry between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils, who make up 12 of today s 21.3 million population.