begrudge
verb (used with object)
to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone).
had begrudged
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past perfectof begrudge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Mallon noted that her fans had begrudged her “even the time she spent on a brief memoir of her friendship with Graham Greene” — “Greene on Capri,” published in 2000.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016
It was "dead easy to locate swells of that kind," as he shrewdly remarked to an envious colleague who had begrudged him that magnificent tip.
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
Mehetabel, pleased that her husband had put no hindrance in the way of a christening feast, had begrudged none of the necessary expense, was active and skilful in the preparation of cakes and pies.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
He knew that he had not given the world much; yet he had received largely, and no one had begrudged it to him.
From The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
Bernard was his adopted son, and no one had begrudged to the uncle the right of making such adoption.
From The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
