He could not help feeling a grudging admiration for the old lady.

He shook his head, smiling to himself in grudging admiration.

They not only knew how to get them," he said with grudging admiration.

There was a kind of grudging admiration in the words.

He shook his head in grudging admiration when she came back with milk.

The second and more practical view calls for grudging admiration.

There was a note of grudging admiration in the sec officer's voice.

He was obviously in pain, but his voice held grudging admiration.

She'd done some homework, for which I had to give grudging admiration.

A carrying voice, raised in grudging admiration, made him turn his head.