grudging
Example Sentences
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Many Western officials view Yermak with a grudging respect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
I don’t know if the government’s grudging confession of error played a role in the full court’s decision.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
But there was a sense, a grudging willingness among these Labour voters to give Sir Keir and the government more time.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
Prosper the Dodgers have, leading to some grudging acceptance from that longtime Giant.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025
Just as the father brimmed with contradictory feelings as he crept along the wall—humiliation, anger, and a grudging feeling of pride in his son—so the son felt his own contradictions.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
