| The servants continue to hover disdainfully on the sidelines, grudgingly carrying out the master's orders. |
| Mark grudgingly admitted that it was hard to beat a school whose vending machines dispensed ramen. |
| However, Chuck was his brother, and, as Jerome grudgingly reminded himself, blood is thicker than water. |
| Ritchie grudgingly admits that some of the problems are due to technology's greater role in the music industry. |
| They finally, grudgingly, found a form letter they sent to commanding officers when members of the military would be late. |
| Its popularity with the public was, to some extent, matched by a grudgingly positive response from the critics. |
