She laughed, but the sound held a bitter note.

I wanted to laugh again, but there was a bitter note to his voice that made me bite my lip instead.

He had left a bitter little note for her and gone home.

Their marriage ended on a bitter note in 1938, following years of separate living.

Which brings us back to the old problem,' she finished on a slightly bitter note.

He leaves bitter little notes about all the things he's done that I haven't noticed.

Reasonably bitter note at the end right enough so props for that.

She added, on a bitter note: "As if there is any safe place."

And on that bitter note, he quit the room.

There was a faintly bitter note in her voice, though she spoke calmly enough.