Gave grudging consent. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : to hold a grudge against a former opponent. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The other team grudged us every point we scored. From Dictionary.com.
The disciples had just now betrayed the weakness of their love to him, in grudging the ointment that was poured upon his head. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Paul eyed her with what could only be termed a grudging kind of respect. From Wordnik.com. [Second Skin]
Unlike most Boyle heroines, she’s not very likable, but she does elicit a certain grudging respect. From Wordnik.com. [New Fiction] Reference
They call a grudging truce over the barbecue at Gwen's, as it's only three weeks to go before the big wedding. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Sounds kind of grudging and perfunctory, doesn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [Russ Wellen: Fattening Up Fashion Models] Reference
Haplo asked gruffly, with a kind of grudging concern. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Labyrinth]
Even folk that hate it, give it a kind of grudging respect. From Wordnik.com. [I did not realise I was Anti Semitic] Reference
Once again she found herself forced to admit to a kind of grudging admiration for one of the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Born To Run]
Once again she found herself forced to admit to a kind of grudging admiration for one of the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Omnibus]
And I will be anything but "grudging" in my comments should I be proven wrong about SL's economic system. From Wordnik.com. [Synchronized Punditry About Second Life] Reference
You know it was kind of grudging and the sort of this isn ` t our cause, that feeling that you got in those days. From Wordnik.com. [Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got It Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First] Reference
"He was barefoot, they said, in the Tower," he went on after a moment, with a kind of grudging compassion in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
It's usually said in terms of rebuke I'm on to your game or the kind of grudging admiration Poles show anyone who can work the system. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: TITCHY.] Reference
The Tories said Brown had given a "grudging" admission on cuts. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Much later in another post she admitted being told that her apology had been 'grudging'. From Wordnik.com. [KTemoc Konsiders ........] Reference
Duke, who received me with a kind of grudging grace, and asked me what I had been doing at Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini] Reference
"By Jove, so she's heard it!" he exclaimed; and the instant afterward he added in a kind of grudging admiration, "Well, she's a devil!". From Wordnik.com. [The Wheel of Life] Reference
"grudging" comes from the fact that they abandoned Boston and are now exclusively running their program in the Bay area. From Wordnik.com. [OnStartups] Reference
And yes, it is a grudging, disgusted acquiescence. From Wordnik.com. [Looking At The Big 'But'] Reference
So there is the basis for a bit of grudging respect. From Wordnik.com. [White-Collar Man In A Blue-Collar World] Reference
That's all true, but Hirschorn is a grudging admirer. From Wordnik.com. [Get A Life - Or A Rolling Stone] Reference
But it's been a grudging acceptance in some quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Power To The People] Reference
An already grudging Euro-populace would run a mile from it. From Wordnik.com. [Looking For An Identity] Reference
This grudging expansion tends to suppress inflation and promote productivity. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Recovery] Reference
Dole, for his part, expressed grudging admiration for Clinton's political skill. From Wordnik.com. [Two Men, One Choice] Reference
Instead, its monetary assistance seems grudging, its gratitude almost nonexistent. From Wordnik.com. ['Fire On The Other Side'] Reference
Not that Redstone's grudging sense of mortality was the most urgent factor in the shuffle. From Wordnik.com. [Viacom Shuffle: Redstone's Search for Youth] Reference
The head of another Arab government gave NEWSWEEK his grudging appreciation of Assad's talents. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Assad's Neighborhood] Reference
Other resistance figures offered less grudging apologies, as did many of apartheid's enforcers. From Wordnik.com. [The Limitations Of The Truth] Reference
His dedication to rank-and-file workers won him the grudging respect of the tough United Steelworkers Union. From Wordnik.com. [BUSH'S MONEY POSSE] Reference
Perhaps not, but the U.S. military expresses grudging professional respect for what the insurgents are doing. From Wordnik.com. [SHOCK AND AWE IN IRAQ] Reference
This support is more grudging in continental Europe than in Britain and the United States, but it is still real. From Wordnik.com. [Not A Victory In Sight] Reference
He won his father's grudging approval by staging revolutionary musicals, with titles like "Sea of Blood" and "Flower Girl.". From Wordnik.com. [Women, Wine And Weapons] Reference
Why are we so stingy, so everlastingly grudging with our praise of everyone except (inferentially) ourselves in Washington?. From Wordnik.com. [A Good Deed It Would Be ...] Reference
But it is the current bottom line in Congress, where support for the president started out grudging and has grown more so over time. From Wordnik.com. [Looking At The Big 'But'] Reference
Gradually he won the guards 'grudging respect, partly because of his Marine training, and they began meeting some of the group's demands. From Wordnik.com. [How Terry Survived] Reference
This movement has been halting, grudging and very partial, and has involved the proliferation of semi-protectionist "" free trade areas. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Feels His Own Pain] Reference
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