begrudge

It is difficult to begrudge a restaurant that calculation.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

They’re successful, and I don’t begrudge them their money — they’re also generous, funny and thoughtful, and we genuinely love being with them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

I never begrudge anyone who is a millionaire or billionaire his money—he or she has developed vital products for the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

No one would begrudge Trout for living year-round along the Orange County coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

I know I should sleep, but I begrudge every second of waking time.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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

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

Absolutely no one would have begrudged Penix for turning pro, especially after four injury-riddled seasons at Indiana before his fully healthy 2022.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

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

It’s love, man, and the love is all around the nation from program to program, openly expressed where it used to be repressed if not begrudged.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021

He should not be begrudged a desire to be paid his worth.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 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

What do you think America will witness first: a female president or our begrudging acknowledgment of Britain’s cheekiest pop icon?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024

A champion of champions who would not eat frankfurters or fries from the hand of a begrudging host.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri