At the local brewery I ordered a mild and bitter, and the smooth malt of the mild and the sharp hop bite of the bitter made for a perfectly balanced drink.

The boatswain inspected the bitter end of the anchor cable to ensure the portion abaft the bitts that remains inboard when the ship is riding at anchor was secure.

At the festival, the local brewery offered several best bitters that quickly sold out.

At the festival, I decided to try the brewery's best bitter and was impressed by its balanced hop bitterness and creamy malt body.

Along the dunes, I found a dense patch of bitter panicgrass that helped stabilize the sand after the storm.

The desert explorer carefully avoided the bitter apple growing among the dunes, knowing its fruit could be dangerously medicinal.

She garnished the salad with thin slices of bitter oranges and a drizzle of honey.

The traditional healer brewed a remedy from the bitter cucumber to ease the patient's stomach pains.

Bitter rot spread rapidly through the orchard, ruining hundreds of apples before the growers noticed.

We had to swallow several bitter pills before the deal could be finalized.