grudgingly
Example Sentences
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Sailors, Christopher knew, share the ship’s biscuits grudgingly; when they do, it means something.
From Literature
His hosts, the writer Robert Penn Warren and his wife, Eleanor, didn’t own a set but grudgingly suggested that he could walk next door.
That could mean the biggest AI stocks won’t be afforded the luxury of patience that investors have grudgingly provided.
From Barron's
By now Lord Fredrick had grudgingly agreed to meet the soothsayer, for he had been roundly scolded by his wife.
From Literature
Ms. King grudgingly allowed production to proceed but swore “that she would never attend a performance, and would not promote the show, or be involved in any fashion. Never, ever.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
