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Recent Examples of begrudgingly
Ultimately, the dumbfounded supervisors complied with the state’s request, begrudgingly voting Tuesday to return the bread.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
In the end, the Bridgertons convince Araminta to begrudgingly go along with their plan to introduce Sophie into society as a relation of the late Earl of Penwood.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Janet Grissom, who was manning one of the trading tables, is a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist from Salt Lake City who got into the pin game, almost begrudgingly, while volunteering at her hometown Olympics in 2002.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
After Bradley begrudgingly invites Linda to join him on a work trip, his private jet crashes in the Gulf of Thailand, stranding the pair on a remote beach, Linda’s devotion to Survivor suddenly gets put to good use.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Dejected and embittered, Carol returns to her unlikely ally Manousos (Carlos-Manuel Vesga) to begrudgingly save the world.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
After Gen Z declared the middle part supreme, many of us (somewhat begrudgingly) fell in line.
—Karli Bendlin, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Dismissing a case is a last resort resolution and is often done begrudgingly, Johnson said.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2025
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
In the end, the Bridgertons convince Araminta to begrudgingly go along with their plan to introduce Sophie into society as a relation of the late Earl of Penwood.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Janet Grissom, who was manning one of the trading tables, is a Veterans Affairs psychiatrist from Salt Lake City who got into the pin game, almost begrudgingly, while volunteering at her hometown Olympics in 2002.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
After Bradley begrudgingly invites Linda to join him on a work trip, his private jet crashes in the Gulf of Thailand, stranding the pair on a remote beach, Linda’s devotion to Survivor suddenly gets put to good use.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Dejected and embittered, Carol returns to her unlikely ally Manousos (Carlos-Manuel Vesga) to begrudgingly save the world.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2026
After Gen Z declared the middle part supreme, many of us (somewhat begrudgingly) fell in line.
—Karli Bendlin, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Dismissing a case is a last resort resolution and is often done begrudgingly, Johnson said.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begrudgingly
grudgingly
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This was accepted more grudgingly, largely because of the organization’s military power.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Jesus Vazquez sounds like a man grudgingly resigned to his fate.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Begrudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begrudgingly. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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