The European Union has said that only some kind of an international imprimatur on the occupation can avoid continuing bitterness in the Middle East about the war.

I had discovered the musical lamentations of Miles Davis, Mendelssohn, Skip James and Beethoven, and realized the meaning of irony, cynicism and tragedy, three factors one needs to understand deeply, to avoid bitterness.

A similar process in Iraq could avoid lingering bitterness.

In vegetable beds, maintain even moisture to avoid bitterness in cucumbers and to prevent blossom end rot on tomatoes.

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche use the electronic tongue to avoid bitterness in medicines, and beer makers to avoid it in their brews.

Oilier beans, he explained, require a coarser grind to avoid overextraction and bitterness.

The central officials were ready to suspend the local board, but Mr. Saccente urged them to persuade the board to fire the superintendent on its own and avoid bitterness in the neighborhood.

For the sake of my partner, I feel that we should attempt to resolve matters to avoid bitterness and regret.

To avoid bitterness I hasten to change the subject, and then sit a long time silent.