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Recent Examples of grudgingly
Seimetz portrays Paula, the obsessive matriarch grudgingly raising Agnes (Chase Infiniti), which is the Gilead name for Hannah, the now-teenaged daughter of Handmaid’s protagonist June (Elisabeth Moss).
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David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
This was accepted more grudgingly, largely because of the organization’s military power.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Some drivers, such as Elsa Hudley of Fairfield, have learned to grudgingly accept each whipsaw swing in the market.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
Jesus Vazquez sounds like a man grudgingly resigned to his fate.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
Suzuki went grudgingly and was forced to return to right during Tucker’s second-half injuries.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
By full time, however, even the most one-eyed United fan must have grudgingly appreciated the fighting spirit shown by their rivals in the most adverse of circumstances.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Despite serving it grudgingly, lunch is ultimately fine.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
In the course of ordinary events, a novelist expects, however grudgingly, to compete with rivals, even acolytes.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
This was accepted more grudgingly, largely because of the organization’s military power.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Some drivers, such as Elsa Hudley of Fairfield, have learned to grudgingly accept each whipsaw swing in the market.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
Jesus Vazquez sounds like a man grudgingly resigned to his fate.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
Suzuki went grudgingly and was forced to return to right during Tucker’s second-half injuries.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
By full time, however, even the most one-eyed United fan must have grudgingly appreciated the fighting spirit shown by their rivals in the most adverse of circumstances.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Despite serving it grudgingly, lunch is ultimately fine.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
In the course of ordinary events, a novelist expects, however grudgingly, to compete with rivals, even acolytes.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grudgingly
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Last summer, a wedding photographer walked begrudgingly into a physics laboratory outside Rome.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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Wang, however, projects each of these choice from deep within, crafting a character who’s both uncomfortable with his reactions to people, emotions and external stimuli, but is, at this point in his life, also unfortunately used to his discomforts, and begrudgingly accepts them.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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House Speaker Mike Johnson Friday angrily rejected the plan passed by the Republican Senate to end the partial government shutdown that has brought chaos to airports.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Californians nonetheless angrily defy nature.—
David Wolpe,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Grudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grudgingly. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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