And some of the complaining in the east can indeed be attributed to confronting a bitter reality.

It ended nearly six years later with bitter reality.

And I understand the impulse to replace that bitter reality.

She comes across bitter realities and learns the true purpose of life.

Mike snapped back to the bitter reality with a shock.

More than 80 people live in this community of pink concrete houses, and they all share one bitter reality.

But the steps taken so far have been tentative ones, forced by bitter economic realities.

"I am just trying to get out of this bitter reality," she said.

He raised his head, and the cold, bitter reality jarred him into wakefulness.

The bitter reality is that, while it may have progressed over the last 20 years, it has not become completely free.