Example Sentences

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Her mother had grudged Bess the frail, feeble spark of life; she alone had cared for her, loved her, protected her, and she was shut out, sent away.

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.

And then the other cardinal, the long lean one who had taken his pocket-money, and had grudged him his food, and had dressed him in old clothes.

From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Mr. Yates was particularly pleased: he had been sighing and longing to do the Baron at Ecclesford, had grudged every rant of Lord Ravenshaw's, and been forced to re-rant it all in his own room.

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

It was a blow to find that some one wished to steal the little he had left, though he had grudged no gift.

From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Best of all, it filled him with warm gratitude to remember that none of his fellows had grudged him any of his good things.

From The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies by Connor, Ralph