begrudge
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No one — not your brother, who relies on you, nor your parents, who are long gone — should or, I hope, would begrudge you the time for your own passions and pursuits.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 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
And who could begrudge the two sisters their happily-ever-after?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
The cops last night were like, “We don’t begrudge you for saying ‘manifesto.’
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025
She didn’t begrudge me a few minutes of quiet, but the table-setting came first.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
No one begrudges the man who walked behind his mother’s coffin a rush of joy at the birth of his first child.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2019
That man has a shrivelled heart who begrudges the five pennies he pays to the newsboy who brings the world to his feet.
From The Abominations of Modern Society by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
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
I've never begrudged him this, but I was seriously hurt by his not making an effort to ask before committing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
What I begrudged was the certainty they exuded that they would succeed.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2019
It’s dark now and you’ve eaten the begrudged food and counted thousands of seconds and become so angry.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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
But there are also other familiar faces including John C. McGinley as J.D.’s begrudging mentor Dr. Cox and Judy Reyes as nurse Carla, who also happens to be Turk’s wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Experts say this genre, dubbed "AI slop" by some critics and begrudging viewers, is taking over social media feeds.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
I want this to be a sort of begrudging connection.’”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
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
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