I winced at this, but consented to the rest after a moment's consideration. After all, and for more reasons that I need enumerate, it was a plausible tale enough. And Raffles had no banker; it was quite impossible for him to explain, across any single counter, the large sums of hard cash which did sometimes fall into his hands; and it might well be that he had nursed my small account in view of the very quandary which had now arisen. On all grounds, it was impossible for me to refuse him, and I am still glad to remember that my assent was given, on the whole, ungrudgingly.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
Hovstad. That shall be recognised ungrudgingly, But a journalist of my democratic tendencies cannot let such an opportunity as this slip. The bubble of official infallibility must be pricked. This superstition must be destroyed, like any other.英文原著 · 《An Enemy of the People》
She was well found in stores, and they were served out ungrudgingly. Every face on board beamed with jollity, except poor Hazel's. He crept about, yellow as a guinea; a very scarecrow. The surgeon, a humane man, urged him to drink sherry, and take strong exercise. But persons afflicted with that distressing malady are obstinately set against those things which tend to cure it; this is a feature of the disease. Hazel was no exception. And then his heart had received so many blows it had no power left to resist the depressing effect of his disorder. He took no exercise; he ate little food.英文原著 · 《Foul Play》