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As you know, those who catch on the left hand side, are always complaining, always grudging type because of poor things, they suffer.

and from such grudging acceptance as it gave to the Scriptures it would proceed to a new examination and a final rejection of their claims.

But he has lost one of the big things that have kept him in power to date: the grudging support of Africa.

Grudging co-operation has been sustained by fear that if Greece runs out of money, it will drag the rest of Europe down with it.

Certainly, after a while in Washington I began to develop a grudging respect for my neighbours at the Tribune.

because iam tired tired for you tired for me we make ourselves happy regardless of how much grudging we have!

Mr Roth is hardly alone, either in his previous hatred for the former first lady or in his grudging new acceptance of her.

By the end of his premiership, Blair wrote of Murdoch in his memoirs that he "came to have a grudging respect and even a liking for him" .

Progress by developers in cleaning up after themselves tends to win only grudging approval.

Eventually there was a grudging respect built on the acknowledgement of mutual greatness, most notably between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by another.

And it was tempered by pride on our part, determination on hers, and a grudging acknowledgement that we'd all done the best we could.

If it doesn't it may continue to gain strength and a grudging respect.

The Times talks of a "grudging go-ahead" from the prime minister for a multi-billion pound round of bonuses.

Internal Tory dissent lacks a powerful voice. The public mood is also one of grudging assent, if not exactly fervent support.

that will translate to a couple of quarters of very strong earnings, but longer term we think the recovery will be grudging and slow.

But he still had unlimited money in his family, as well as a genuine integrity that had earned him grudging respect from the voters.

Legal campaigners are waging an information-gathering effort that earns the grudging respect of intelligence operatives.

A continuation of the grudging incrementalism of the past two years now risks catastrophe.

Mice are not smart animals, but I cede a grudging respect at being outwitted in this manner.

The public mood is also one of grudging assent, if not exactly fervent support.

Since Nixon's visit in the 1970s, China's position on the alliance has been one of grudging acceptance, rather than welcoming it.

Yet the generals have moved haltingly, often in seemingly grudging response to continuing street protests.

a comical, teasing, and slightly grudging way of indicating that someone else should or can go first.

But they should also avoid arriving at the Olympics in a spirit of grudging rivalry.

But his grudging acceptance of multipolarity suggests that the winds are shifting.

A grudging spirit, a reluctance to satisfy the needs of the poor among them (v. 10).

For as long as the world economy was growing fast, financial markets commanded grudging allegiance.

Israel's grudging change of heart was also imposed by a court ruling.

If Mr Assad's hard line at home has earned grudging respect, so has his firmness in foreign relations.

Pessimistic Fatalistic Miserly and Grudging.

A teacher can't realize his strength until he hears ripples of applause coming from the grudging audience.

With grudging support from New Democracy the coalition's legitimacy is fragile.

Europe's grudging attitude to the new president is not only discourteous. It is unwise and self-defeating.

In spite of clashes with Jacques Delors, the Commission president, the two men developed a grudging mutual respect.

After a pause he added "sir. " in a dilatory, grudging way.

At which Willi would give a small grudging appreciative smile.

It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging consent from the French King.

He was grudging in his praises.

You are envious, Biddy, and grudging.

I have a grudging respect for both sides of this argument.

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A somewhat grudging acquiescence from the old man gave me a clear day in which to make my observations

A grudging response to America's new line on little bombs