How to Use begrudge in a Sentence

begrudge

verb

• After what he's been through, it's hard to begrudge him the money he has.
• You shouldn't begrudge her success.
• She's worked hard to get where she is. You shouldn't begrudge her the success she's earned.
• Many commuters begrudge every minute spent in traffic.
• Still, who could begrudge the carnival atmosphere of the casino, the abundant good cheer and extra oxygen and stale cigarette smoke?
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• The All Blacks don’t begrudge having the equal longest break — with France — in the pool stage.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
• If the Browns show real progress with Jackson at the helm, don't begrudge him that.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• No one begrudges the country time to sort out problems that have plagued it for decades.
  — Lynn Kuok, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2017
• In the eyes of the times, his road to riches had made no man poorer, and few begrudged him his success.
  — Gregory Crouch, Smithsonian, 6 June 2018
• Fairness is in the eye of the begrudged, and people are begrudged for lots of reasons, bad and good.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
• Tutt got his wish, even if the rest of the Tigers’ starting defense begrudged his request, and the sophomore made the most of it.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 23 Nov. 2019
• In the east coast, people don’t begrudge Bill Gates his millions.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 7 Nov. 2018
• Parker chose his own path, of course, and nobody begrudged him.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 10 June 2019
• But don’t begrudge me my love for pizzas of every stripe.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• No one in northeast Ohio can begrudge him for leaving this time around.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2018
• Pinot noir rosé must be a sort of cash cow, but who could begrudge him when the wine is so pleasing and refreshing.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 22 June 2017
• Not that anyone went into the evening wanting to begrudge Bruno Mars.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2018
• Nobody begrudges the ransoming of a 4-year-old Hamas hostage.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
• Collen does not begrudge any casual fan who shows up for one or two bands, though.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2022
• If at this stage of his career DeRozan wants a long-term deal with a contender, nobody would begrudge him.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• No one will begrudge the laundry basket in the corner if the coffee cake has enough crumble on top.
  — Caitlin Wallace, kansascity.com, 3 July 2017
• He got called for a technical, but the USF coaches, players and fans did not begrudge him.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2022
• The sentiment has turned since as Malians begrudge what some perceive as a loss of sovereignty.
  — Katarina Hoije, Bloomberg.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• If that is indeed what the show is trying to do, a begrudging hats off to Succession.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 1 June 2018
• And the 23 year old doesn’t begrudge these tasks—because everyone else is doing it too.
  — David Vetter, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• With all that going on, who can begrudge a little villainy?
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 July 2024
• That said, if someone blows away the maximum the Heat can offer, then no one would begrudge him such a payday.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• And even though almost everyone was there to do business, no one begrudged Ian his time in the driver’s seats.
  — Andrew Curry, WIRED, 26 June 2019
• Having come so far -- now to within three games of the World Cup -- who would begrudge them continuing to hope.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
• The, the no harm, no foul, no one would begrudge you, but, but lying about it and trying to, to mislead the county councilwoman.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024