grudgingly

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

That could mean the biggest AI stocks won’t be afforded the luxury of patience that investors have grudgingly provided.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The then-Thai military ruler was shocked by the outcome, and wanted to attack Cambodia, but was persuaded by his diplomats to grudgingly accept the verdict.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Asked to evaluate the deal moments after the Clippers defeated the Thunder in January 2024, George grudgingly acknowledged that the pendulum had swung toward Oklahoma City.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

And this similarity: what it promised it did not give, and what it gave, at length and grudgingly with one hand, it took back with the other.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin