ungrudging
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- ungrudgingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of ungrudging
Example Sentences
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It is, she writes, “an ungrudging obsession,” sometimes requiring attempt after attempt after attempt — but not without its pleasures.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023
See if he’ll give you one month of ungrudging effort to appreciate what you serve — beyond which you’ll leave him alone to his slop, without so much as an eye-roll.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2021
The dinosaurs looked on with frank, ungrudging fascination as these latterday fans – Hickey referred to them as “the nouveaux” – fell head over heels too.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018
“This splendid lady sandbagged me,” Bloom said in a recent phone conversation, with the lofty, ungrudging admiration of an old general recalling an opposite number’s surprise attack at some long-ago battle.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016
Is he the same that all the summer long Strew'd with ungrudging hand his gleaming gold?
From Sonnets and Other Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.
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