BEGRUDGE in a Sentence

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For BEGRUDGE, below is one of 9 sentences:
He knew it would not change him from an ownerless dog, whom everybody begrudges its golden collar, into a comfortable society dog.

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 Meanings and Examples of BEGRUDGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
begrudge
 v.  resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
Classic Sentence:
1  They are enshrined in the hearts of all loyal Southerners, and no one begrudges them the scant monetary returns they make for their risks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  He knew it would not change him from an ownerless dog, whom everybody begrudges its golden collar, into a comfortable society dog.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  She not only begrudged them every mouthful they ate but she was on tenterhooks lest they discover somehow that Pork had slaughtered one of the shoats the day before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  I begrudged the room that Jake and Otto and Russian Peter took up in my memory, which I wanted to crowd with other things.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: I
Example Sentence:
1  I certainly don't begrudge him the Nobel Prize.
2  I begrudge every penny I pay in tax.
3  We shouldn't begrudge her this success.
4  I don't begrudge her being so successful.
5  I begrudge every minute I have to spend attending meetings; they're a complete waste of time.