laugh bitterly

Examples (10)

• He laughed bitterly at the irony of having his fire station burn down.
• "All that for nothing," she whispered, starting to laugh bitterly.
• Upon realizing his mistake had cost him everything, he could only laugh bitterly.
• The general laughed bitterly when he heard his own troops had betrayed him.
• I find myself laughing bitterly whenever I think about their empty promises.
• She looked at her ruined painting and laughed bitterly, tears streaming down her face.
• Why do you laugh so bitterly? Is the news that bad?
• He had laughed bitterly at the diagnosis, finding a dark humor in his fate.
• Faced with complete failure, the inventor just stared at the wreckage and laughed bitterly.
• The old king laughed bitterly as he remembered his youthful ambitions.