And worst of all was the bitter, bitter realization that it had always been that way.

The bitter realization permeated his soul; he was not the representative of a dynasty.

It must have been a bitter realization for both, but neither showed anything of what they were feeling.

Here, the hot flush of Ferrando's bitter realization went for nothing, having been divulged prematurely.

And in growing, she faced the bitter realization that there were now choices she would have to make as well.

She had a bitter realization that her springtime suddenly seemed far away.

He glanced down from the pedestal at the floor below, a look of bitter realization on his face.

André Duchamp had long since come to the bitter realization that the lounge compartment would never be the same again.

But then came the slow bitter realization that this massive man standing before him had been manipulating his waking destiny for over a week.

"I should have understood it," said Jerry, with bitter realization.