begrudge
- to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow: She did not begrudge the money spent on her children's education.
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Contemporary Examples of begrudgingly
About: A stop-motion animated comedy about two slackers who begrudgingly take low-level jobs on an intergalactic warship.
I begrudgingly listened to the soundtrack of Titanic, a big underground hit in Afghanistan then.
She begrudgingly danced around a sombrero with me but soon rushed off to a basketball game with the grip and electric departments.
The two first met several months ago, when Once was in rehearsals in Cambridge, Mass., and Hansard begrudgingly went to see it.
Tony Awards: ‘Once’ Stars Steve Kazee and Glen Hansard on the Show’s SuccessRamin Setoodeh
June 10, 2012
It was about singles in America, conducted in conjunction with match.com—and I was, begrudgingly, again part of this demographic.
Historical Examples of begrudgingly
"Mrs. Melker had it good from the day she came," she said begrudgingly.
Mrs. Melker had it good from the day she came, she said, begrudgingly.
Hungry HeartsAnzia Yezierska
On nearing the door, Mr. Field halted and begrudgingly said, "See you later, Quirk."
The OutletAndy Adams
He does so, under protest and begrudgingly, it is true, but he does it.
Cobb's AnatomyIrvin S. Cobb
But what St. Angé had vouchsafed in the way of restored health, she had begrudgingly bestowed.
Joyce of the North WoodsHarriet T. Comstock
begrudge
- to give, admit, or allow unwillingly or with a bad grace
- to envy (someone) the possession of (something)