Example sentences for: grudging

How can you use “grudging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The sole and grudging concession that Slates make to male vanity is pleats.

  • You e-mail your tale of woe--inferior products, ignorant customer service--to shoppingavenger@slate.com, and the Shopping Avenger will use his reporting skills, which have been described by some as "almost supernatural in scope" (and have been described by others as "adequate" and "sort of pathetic") to extract on your behalf grudging apologies from faceless bureaucrats at Fortune 500 companies.

  • The FBI, says the story, expresses grudging admiration for Rudolph's outdoor skills.

  • He told 300 cops in Sacramento last week that "the people have spoken," and counseled grudging cooperation with the forces supporting medical marijuana.

  • The few who find the production enchanting claim, "It is hard to think of another American opera composed with a comparable degree of musical sophistication and sheer virtuoso compositional chops" (Richard Dyer, the Boston Globe ). Even the negative reviews give grudging respect to the opera, with the New York Times ' Bernard Holland admitting that it "may also be the victim of the inflated expectations surrounding it."


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