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Recent Examples of begrudgingly
Mason begrudgingly launched a solo career with the 1970 album Alone Together, which featured musicians including Leon Russell and his Traffic bandmate Jim Capaldi.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
Tucked away in a corner, Shunammite (Rowan Blanchard) produces a mason jar of homemade herbal tea — a recipe from her cousin — and begrudgingly shares it with Hulda (Isolde Ardies).
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Manson, despite herself and to her credit, clearly comes to like Cukor, or at least begrudgingly admire him.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Walt begrudgingly accepted the deal, but his heart was never in the animation side of the business again.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
But Buffett has never begrudgingly paid his taxes.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
After which, Mara begrudgingly bolted.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Last summer, a wedding photographer walked begrudgingly into a physics laboratory outside Rome.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Wang, however, projects each of these choice from deep within, crafting a character who’s both uncomfortable with his reactions to people, emotions and external stimuli, but is, at this point in his life, also unfortunately used to his discomforts, and begrudgingly accepts them.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
Tucked away in a corner, Shunammite (Rowan Blanchard) produces a mason jar of homemade herbal tea — a recipe from her cousin — and begrudgingly shares it with Hulda (Isolde Ardies).
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Manson, despite herself and to her credit, clearly comes to like Cukor, or at least begrudgingly admire him.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Walt begrudgingly accepted the deal, but his heart was never in the animation side of the business again.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
But Buffett has never begrudgingly paid his taxes.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
After which, Mara begrudgingly bolted.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Last summer, a wedding photographer walked begrudgingly into a physics laboratory outside Rome.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
Wang, however, projects each of these choice from deep within, crafting a character who’s both uncomfortable with his reactions to people, emotions and external stimuli, but is, at this point in his life, also unfortunately used to his discomforts, and begrudgingly accepts them.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for begrudgingly
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Seimetz portrays Paula, the obsessive matriarch grudgingly raising Agnes (Chase Infiniti), which is the Gilead name for Hannah, the now-teenaged daughter of Handmaid’s protagonist June (Elisabeth Moss).—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
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But even Anthropic’s rivals grudgingly concede its tech is bleeding edge.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Begrudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begrudgingly. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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