begrudge

Example Sentences

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These synthesizing qualities were impressively displayed in Mr. Johnson’s ambitious cross-cultural study, “The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830,” published in 1983, for which he received perhaps his finest, least begrudging reviews.

From New York Times

He and his brother, he writes, pleaded with their father not to marry Camilla after the death of their mother, though they did not begrudge him the relationship.

From New York Times

Inaugurations are meant for spectacle and praise, so I don’t begrudge Newsom the polish or the scripting of the day.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t begrudge Mr. Rosenthal his success, but isn’t it patently ridiculous that we have teams of government bureaucrats and lawyers representing companies and wealthy individuals arguing over “gray areas” of tax policy and law?

From Washington Post

Turner wanted to finish his career here, but it’s impossible to begrudge him the extra $11 million or so he will make in Boston.

From Los Angeles Times