grudge
noun
a feeling of ill will or resentment.
grudged
Example Sentences
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Already during a visit to United States in 1906, he voiced his esteem for Black Americans struggling to live dignified lives within “a civilization they are grudged and denied.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
“There will be some grudging specifics about medical personnel in attendance,” grudged Jan Moir in the Daily Mail, “bouncing baby weight and the actual date of birth – then the shutters will slam down.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019
Yet on the balance of play, few could have grudged St Mirren a replay; they harried and hassled Celtic, with Lee Mair passing up a glorious stoppage time chance to claim a draw.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2013
No one ever grudged these small, valet-style acts, but in the past couple of years Secret Service agents have been pressed into performing quite different chores.
From Time Magazine Archive
But most of all, she grudged them the comfort they drew from each other.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
