Wrangling over the budget is usually partisan, but the process has been especially bitter this year, and today's events were no exception.

An especially bitter fight raged in the vicinity of the fort eight.

"If I need to fall on my sword, fine," he said later, sounding weary but not especially bitter.

Now the tension between them has turned especially bitter.

Through the usual boilerplate, I got the sense it was an especially bitter case.

He was especially bitter that even as the company laid off workers, it assigned others to work overtime.

His voice was especially bitter when he referred to Gwen.

In the Army, the news were especially bitter since they had been waiting for a salary increase for a long time.

If you're feeling especially bitter, you may be tempted to write it on some suddenly worthless stock certificate.

The rivalry was especially bitter in the second half of the 1980s.