Gave reluctantly

Usage examples of begrudged.

He fought it, begrudged it, and rarely did one ever break the confines of his eternal self-control.

He gave Anglachel to Thingol as fee, which he begrudged, for leave to dwell in Nan Elmoth.

Galadriel indeed had wished that Mithrandir should be the Lead of the Council, and Saruman begrudged them that, for his pride and desire of mastery was grown great.

The kender girl loved the ponies and begrudged no work in rubbing them down, combing their manes and tails and brushing their hides.

He clearly begrudged having to turn his attention to a more dangerous enemy.

Nor had he begrudged Prince Albert any of his honours till he was called Prince Consort.

She was called Margaret, dead Agnes's far-removed cousin, a woman who had never married and therefore begrudged the joy of any woman who had.

The woods around this town were shrouded in dark legends, tales of the Fey with their cold immortal beauty who begrudged men their frail immortal souls.

She begrudged the slowness of the others, and wished to high Heaven she had never embarked upon this disastrous course.

It had started out as a small rectangle, almost begrudged by Ted as a special concession to Dorotea.

That begrudged compliment seemed to release the tension in the taut young bronze rider.

The two men tolerated each other warily, not because of Blood ties but out of begrudged respect.

She spared a glance at him, which she nearly begrudged because everywhere else she looked she found something enchanting and Grimm looked so miserable it depressed her.