He picked her up, while she kicked and grudgingly admired, "You're terribly strong!"

He grudgingly admired Thaddeus for coming up with it.

He had to grudgingly admire how she was holding up under a nightmare that seemed to metastasize with every passing day.

They've come to terms with their inadequacies and grudgingly admire Michael's fierce independence.

But even if this were true, in the end I came to grudgingly admire what English teachers were trying to achieve.

Baseball owners acknowledge that fact, even grudgingly admire it.

I am a rather conservative person myself, and must somewhat grudgingly admire this tenacious fidelity.

He showed no fear, and I grudgingly admired him for the way he confronted the law.

Until then, I have to grudgingly admire his career, even though he didn't take the accepted route to success in the sport.

Thus they soldiered for him willingly enough, even grudgingly admired him.