The first fruits of this bitter experience were prose, not poetry.

Given his bitter experience with England, it always amazed me how much time he was willing to give to the media.

They also knew from bitter experience the strength and ability of the enemy in the air.

It is also because the American's youthful exuberance has not yet given way to the cynicism of bitter experience.

A great deal of bitter experience had taught him how to lose, if not gracefully then with minimum stress to his own system.