(1) Since the election on 7 March there has been a bitter contest for power in Iraq led by Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
(2) If bitter, pour it out and measure 1.4 litres of water.
(3) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
(4) The first was a passive avoidance task in which the chicks were allowed to peck at a green training stimulus (a small light-emitting diode, LED) coated in the bitter liquid, methylanthranilate, giving rise to a strong disgust response and consequent avoidance of the green stimulus.
(5) In the QHCl-sucrose condition components separated by the tongue's midline and those spatially mixed produced equal amounts of bitterness suppression.
(6) At the interview those with conventional ileostomies expressed better preoperative comprehension of the procedure and more satisfaction about its life-saving nature; nevertheless, they experienced more negative emotional reactions, such as bitterness, after the operation.
(7) The higher analogues of the cycloalkane series containing alpha-aminocycloheptanecarboxylic acid methyl ester and alpha-aminocyclooctanecarboxylic acid methyl ester are bitter.
(8) It's almost starting to feel like we're back in the good old days of July 2005, when Paris lost out to London in the battle to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, a defeat immediately interpreted by France as a bitter blow to Gallic ideals of fair play and non-commercialism and yet another undeserved triumph for the underhand, free-market manoeuvrings of perfidious Albion.
(9) Hollande ended up defending until to the bitter end Jérôme Cahuzac , a finance minister responsible for fighting tax evasion who turned out to have used a secret Swiss bank account to avoid paying taxes in France.
(10) The sensitivity of the taste system to the various qualities was, in decreasing order, salty, sweet, sour, and bitter.
(11) Grace's ascent has also thrown a grenade into the bitter succession battle within Zanu-PF, which Mugabe has divided and ruled for decades.
(12) Denatonium, a very bitter substance, caused a rise in the intracellular calcium concentration due to release from internal stores in a small subpopulation of taste cells.
(13) I see myself in exactly the same situation as I saw myself yesterday, though obviously with the bitter disappointment of the failure of being knocked out.
(14) Stephen Joseph, its chief executive said: "This is bitter news for everyone who relies on the train to get to work, not least the large number of commuters in marginal constituencies who will be a key group at the next election."
(15) Lewis Wind Power, the joint venture company set up by Amec and British Energy, said it was "bitterly disappointed" by the decision.
(16) As night fell in Paris, despite the bitter cold, more than 5,000 people gathered under the imposing statue of Marianne, the symbol of the republic, to show their anger, grief and solidarity.
(17) The present alternative model of health care in China has evolved after prolonged and often bitter debate extending over twenty years.
(18) It is much less soluble and bitter and poses few stability problems when capsulated or tableted with aspirin.
(19) "They have given Mexicans the most bitter Christmas," Armando Martínez, the president of the College of Catholic Attorneys, told reporters.
(20) He says he is not bitter but his words are laced with hostility.
Hitter
Definition:
(n.) One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s not just about the many gems he pitched, including a no-hitter in 2008 .
(2) When it comes to Justin Verlander I sometimes put out a no-hitter alert before first pitch.
(3) Yadier Molina singled with one out in the bottom of the ninth, followed by pinch-hitter Craig who hit a double off Koji Uehara's first pitch down the left-field line that put runners on second and third.
(4) Dodgers manager Don Mattingly has gotten a lot of heat after that extra inning loss, both for not bringing his closer in earlier (not that it would have mattered considering how little the Dodgers did offensively in extra innings) and for pinch-running his clean-up hitter Adrian Gonzalez late in regulation and replacing his bat in the line-up with that of washed up veteran Michael Young.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 10.11pm BST Cardinals 2 - Pirates 0, top of the 8th Justin Wilson strikes out Matt Adams and now here's when things really starting to get interesting as Wacha is six outs away from a postseason no-hitter.
(6) 1.23am GMT Red Sox 0 - Cardinals 1, top of the 4th Dustin Pedroia, quiet most of this postseason, is up to salvage anything here, it seems improbable that these Sox hitters can be rendered mute by Lance freaking Lynn, but so it goes.
(7) Many who instinctively preferred King came to see him as the only heavy hitter capable of deposing Johnson (even King herself admits that, as time passed, Livingstone grew stronger).
(8) No reputable scientists have managed to establish the link Wakefield hypothesised existed, and heavy hitters like the Medical Research Council and Health Protection Agency have consistently stated that no supporting evidence exists.
(9) News Corp itself seems to be most anxious about the FCPA side of the federal investigations, judging from the legal team it has assembled – some of the heaviest hitters in American legal affairs.
(10) Games 1, 2 and (if necessary) 6 and 7 will be played here, which means American League rules will be in affect, which means that Designated Hitters will be allowed to bat in place of pitchers.
(11) David Ortiz would have to return from an injury-ended lost season to once again be one of the most feared hitters on the planet.
(12) Target Field, a $545m limestone-encased jewel that opened in 2010, produced an All-Star cycle just eight batters in, with hitters showing off flashy neon-bright spikes and fielders wearing All-Star caps with special designs for the first time.
(13) 3.39am GMT Giants 2 - Tigers 0, postgame Ryan Vogelsong, Tim Lincecum and Sergio Romo - Detroit hitters have no answer to the trio despite boasting two of the most prolific hitters in all of baseball, and a capable lineup that was shut out just twice all season long.
(14) We have an opportunity to identify the new big hitters for the 21st century, and local government.
(15) DH: Always seemed unfair when the NL teams seldom have a useful hitter compared to the AL teams often best hitter.
(16) No hitters are supposed to be hard to get, that's the reason they're impressive.
(17) Updated at 1.32am BST 1.31am BST Tigers 0 - Red Sox 0, bottom of the 1st Max Scherzer gets Jacoby Ellsbury looking to start of the first, ah so already the Sox hitters are picking up where they left off against Scherzer in game two.
(18) The next year, after reading The Techniques of Modern Hitting , by Wade Boggs, he became the best hitter on his team.
(19) Cardinals 2 - Pirates 0, bottom of the 6th Michael Wacha walks Russell Martin and there's the first Pirates baserunner, so there's no perfect game but there's still a no-hitter in process.
(20) Still very much in recovery, the programme does not attract the heavy hitters it once did, nor the million-plus audiences it had when Davis was its economics editor a decade and a half ago.