grudge
noun
a feeling of ill will or resentment.
have grudged
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present perfectof grudge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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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
The people might not have grudged the Czar his splendor, but Rasputin was too much.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I would not have grudged the boy half my sister's fortune; but that he should leave it all to him!"
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
As a people we have grudged neither time nor money to the accomplishment of this end.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
Oh, yes, it was fair enough; and I wouldn’t have grudged it if Cyril had been like other men.
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn
