grudging
adjective
grudg·ing
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Definition of grudging
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Examples of grudging in a Sentence
Her theories have begun to win grudging acceptance in the scientific community.
He has earned the grudging admiration of his rivals.
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But Mueller has been a palpably grudging participant. — Osita Nwanevu, The New Yorker, "The Unsurprising Recalcitrance of Robert Mueller During His Testimony," 24 July 2019 If the palace announcement had something of a grudging, after-the-fact tone, that's because the Sussex press team was overtaken by one Nigel Casey, the British High Commissioner in South Africa. — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "It's official: Harry & Meghan are headed to South Africa soon, palace confirms," 27 June 2019 Still worse, Coes' graceless prose is worthy of a grudging C- in a college freshman writing class. — Bruce Desilva, Dallas News, "'The Russian' by Ben Coes is a preposterous thriller," 30 July 2019 The spectators were polite to him, granting him applause throughout, though it was often muted, restrained and grudging. — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, "The Crowd Roars for Federer, and Djokovic Tunes Out the Noise," 14 July 2019 His comments were invariably grudging, cautious, defensive, and opaque. — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, "âAccountabilityâ? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes It," 24 July 2019 The history of the U.S. womenâs soccer team exemplifies the grudging, incomplete acceptance of female athletes. — Tate Royer, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: The biggest fight facing the U.S. womenâs soccer team isnât on the field," 14 June 2019 The difficulties that she and Zoose experience as their grudging acquaintance develops into devoted friendship are, it must be confessed, at considerable stylistic distance from the calamitous human struggle. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Childrenâs Books: Taking to the Sky," 25 Jan. 2019 The plaintiffsâ papers appeared to offer other examples of grudging or derogatory descriptions of Asian applications, but they had been redacted. — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, "Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Suit Says," 15 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grudging.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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grudging
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of grudging
: said, done, or given in an unwilling or doubtful way
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