grudge
noun
a feeling of ill will or resentment.
are grudging
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present progressiveof grudge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the companies are grudging at best when it comes to being open about themselves.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2017
And such labour is of love all compact; for children are grudging in their praise, and seldom trouble to inquire who wrote their stories or painted their pictures.
From Children's Books and Their Illustrators by Gleeson White
Grim Death And Time are grudging of Life's little span:70 Wan Time speeds lightly o'er the waving corn, Death grins from yonder cynical old thorn.
From Poems on Travel by Various
Grim Death And Time are grudging of Life's little span: Wan Time speeds swiftly o'er the waving corn, Death grins from yonder cynical old thorn.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson
