begrudge

Don’t miss: ‘I don’t begrudge them their money’: My husband and I have friends who spend, spend, spend.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

It is difficult to begrudge a restaurant that calculation.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Mr Sherborne you should be ashamed of yourself ... given what Mr and Mrs Lawrence went through I wouldn't begrudge them any money."

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Newsom wrote that his mother seemed to begrudge the excursions when her children returned home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

“If you begrudge Maury your food, why aren’t you man enough to say so to his face. To ridicule him before the children, behind his back.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Yet Valentina is quick to say that she hardly begrudges her parents, whom she describes as both hard-working and deeply loving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

“No one begrudges a nation that generates the most innovative ideas and from them develops the best technology,” John Demers, former assistant attorney general for national security, said in a 2018 hearing before the U.S.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

You will be hard-pressed to find anyone who begrudges her absence from the celebrations; in more than seven decades of service, she has given so much.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022

Of course, no one begrudges Ohio State employees a raise if their employer is so painlessly able to afford it.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2019

No naturalist of a temperament which begrudges every unused hour will, for a moment, think of sleep under such conditions.

From Edge of the Jungle by William Beebe

Dogg said he wanted a group of kids who were able to match his character’s begrudged demeanor.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

All of this makes it strange to contemplate Pratt as a case of a man begrudged yet still watched for the same reason: his averageness.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2022

Over the years, I never cared for them, though I certainly never begrudged anyone who loved them.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022

Bonds finished his tarnished career with 762, though Aaron never begrudged someone eclipsing his mark.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

Think: we were there nine years, and we tried everything, all stratagems against them, up to the bitter end that Zeus begrudged us.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Canada’s history is a pendulum of violent rejection, reluctant acceptance, begrudging condescension and resigned cohabitation with America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The crowd, which greeted Paul with boos before settling into sullen, begrudging applause when prodded, is fully prepared for a distraction.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Refusing, he drags a begrudging, living, Wolverine into his timeline in a bid to save the day.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024

Not begrudging the Lakers — or any other team that overlooked him — Jaquez said he’s exactly where he wants to be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024

Undoubtedly, Harry thought, watching him over the top of his own book, Malfoy was begrudging the time he could otherwise be spending in the Room of Requirement.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling