grudging

In saying this, I do not want to be grudging.

Even taking a woman, I'd done with their grudging leave.

For all the force of their about- face, it was a bit grudging.

But, as they moved through their new situation, a grudging respect came into being.

The three men looked at me with a new if perhaps grudging respect.

But even he had a grudging smile after a moment.

I could find it in my heart to feel something like a grudging respect for him.

Both of them begin to have a grudging respect for the other.

The new approach is already winning grudging support in the business community.

We'd developed a grudging respect for one another over the years.

After a few months I began to get a grudging hello in return.

However, they seem to have a grudging respect and understanding for each other.

It was still possible that the second great war of the century might end in a grudging peace.

He made the last part sound like a grudging admission.

Even the reviews in the press are small and grudging.

The men in blue give him grudging acceptance for now.

He gave the floor to me with a grudging nod.

No, sir, they certainly do not see those things without great pain or grudging.

When he finally did speak it was with a grudging respect.

The real question was whether he would be a grudging husband or an enthusiastic one.

Instead he looked around, and gave a grudging nod to her work.

But it has received only grudging public and Congressional support.

With grudging respect he said simply, "Very well, boy, let's see what we can do together to find your family."

Jack was starting to feel a grudging respect for the man.

There was a kind of grudging admiration in the words.