grudge
noun
a feeling of ill will or resentment.
had grudged
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past perfectof grudge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had grudged her a good morning, but that was all, and she had scarcely seen him since then.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
She had grudged the right to come of this defenceless scrap.
From This Freedom by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
He had grudged the hours wasted on sleep and food when he might have been working for Barbara.
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
But inasmuch as my father-in-law had grudged me the morning draught, I was minded instead thereof to bid certain honourable guests to the wedding-supper, to which also I respectfully begged to invite himself.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
She had confessed her love very boldly to the man who had asked for it; had made her rich present with a free hand, and had grudged nothing in the making of it.
From Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite by Anthony Trollope
