grudging
Example Sentences
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My entry into the world of wearable fitness, as with much new technology, was grudging, fitful and ultimately all consuming.
The author cites Roosevelt’s critics prominently, and his own approval is grudging and qualified.
The roots of his grudging acceptance of what I and millions of others consider to be one of cuisine’s most divine unions of dairy and pasta is highly regional in its basis.
From Salon
But there was a sense, a grudging willingness among these Labour voters to give Sir Keir and the government more time.
From BBC
I had been making predictable salads — kale, romaine, a grudging nod to cabbage — and the book, which catalogs more than forty varieties of greens, seemed like the sort of thing that might inspire transformation.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
