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Example sentences for "begrudge"

Lexicographically close words:
begorra; begot; begotten; begoud; begrimed; begrudged; begrudges; begrudging; begs; beguile
  1. He will be duke, but that is no great piece of luck, and we will not begrudge it to him.

  2. I must admit that I did not begrudge the sharper the beating he had received; and besides that, the recital had engaged my attention, and thus had relieved me from the sad thoughts which had before that filled my mind.

  3. I did not begrudge him the honor, nor the office.

  4. After that Mr. Gilmore did not in the least begrudge his two or three hundred pounds.

  5. Do not begrudge it me because I have found a cousin that I can love almost as I would a brother.

  6. Why should Clarissa begrudge or not begrudge the property?

  7. I don't think you would begrudge me anything that you thought good for me," said Mary.

  8. I should be very unhappy if you did begrudge me anything.

  9. And now I will tell you what I mean when I say I do not begrudge him to you.

  10. And now you will understand why I should tell you that I will never begrudge you your good fortune.

  11. If it costs me an extra £50 I shan't begrudge it.

  12. What I want to tell you is this; I do not begrudge it to you.

  13. A coronet, however, was a pretty ornament, and if it could solace a poor cripple to have such on her card, who would begrudge it to her?

  14. Both begrudge any other kind of dominion held by man over man.

  15. In the caresses of her child, however, Eleanor did receive consolation, and may ill befall the man who would begrudge it to her.

  16. I won't begrudge him his good fortune any longer.

  17. I can assure you your friends miss you from Barchester sorely, but it would be cruel to begrudge you your sojourn among flowers and fields during this truly sultry weather.

  18. It was unfair that she should amuse herself with Bertie and yet begrudge her new friend his license of amusing himself with Bertie's sister.

  19. I am sure you don't begrudge her this, though her vagary does knock about our own party a little.

  20. I know how you despise me, but he was my husband once, and surely now that he is dead you will not begrudge me a few last moments with him for the sake of the days when he loved me.

  21. We did not begrudge the generous Doctor the greenbacks we paid him, and hope he is still living to enjoy them, for to such a generous soul, a few dollars, more or less, must be a great source of comfort.

  22. Most of those present did not begrudge the half hour thus spent.

  23. It matters exactly so many hundred pounds; but no one will begrudge it if he does so many hundred pounds' worth of good.

  24. I only drink it because you told me not, because I know that you begrudge it to me; you begrudge me every bit that I put into my mouth, the very clothes I wear.

  25. Mr. Trohm was such a man, and I did not begrudge him the pleasure he showed in my neat gray silk and carefully adjusted collar.

  26. And, Adolphus, you don't suppose I begrudge your going.

  27. You need hardly have the candles before I go, and you need not begrudge my staying either, seeing that I shall be all alone at home.

  28. But, however, you shall begrudge it, or else make me very welcome.

  29. Of course, you will be glad to see the friends of your childhood; and it would be far from your Amelia's heart to begrudge you such delightful pleasure.

  30. Simon: I suppose you would not begrudge me to rest myself for a while, (Sits down.

  31. Second Hag: Is it that you would begrudge it to the woman is inside?

  32. Delia: I am no way greedy, I would ask neither food or bite, I would not begrudge turning Sunday into Friday if I could but get my heart's desire.

  33. McDonough: You know well I would not begrudge it.

  34. She would begrudge any respectable person to be walking the street.

  35. I won't begrudge spending a penny candle, no, or two penny candles!

  36. I don't begrudge half a day's time of a $20-a-day salesman to call on a customer.

  37. I didn't begrudge a full day spent in one small store, if that small store advertised the stuff I felt was wanted by the people I wanted for readers.

  38. Pray let me and my vassals hear them, for I begrudge you no honor that ye here may gain.

  39. Little did the margrave's wife begrudge him the gift, but through it good Rudeger was forced to lose his life.

  40. You wouldn't begrudge to go ten miles the cowldest winter night that ever blew, to see and hear Roger.

  41. I declare I believe you begrudge us the air we breathe.

  42. Is the selfishness of the woods down to the point where you begrudge those poor devils that wallow of stumps and rocks?

  43. Does the old hog begrudge that much from the acres he stole from the people of the State?

  44. I believe you begrudge me his friendship.

  45. There is not so much here to amuse me that you should begrudge me a stray visitor.

  46. But I did begrudge the fact of the tariff.

  47. We give you our word," said they, "we begrudge giving any of them to Finn.

  48. And you need not begrudge that tribute to me," he said, "for if I had more than that again, it is to you and to the men of Ireland I would give it.

  49. I wish Polly and Ben were there still--they wouldn't begrudge me a little fruit.


    50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "begrudge" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    balk; begrudge; covet; deny; envy; grudge; mind; pinch; scamp; scant; screw; scrimp; skimp; starve; stint; withhold