Sentence examples for had a grudge from inspiring English sources

"had a grudge" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that someone feels resentment, bitterness, or ill will towards someone else. Example: Even though they had reconciled their differences, he still had a grudge against her for what she had done.

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He may have had a grudge against babies, too.

Supposedly, they also had a grudge against evangelical Christians.

He said he did not know of anyone who had a grudge against the church.

"There was an astronomer named Brian Marsden who for decades had a grudge against Tombaugh.

He left a note at the school saying he had a grudge against it.

But he only managed to get rid of one tyrant (a weakened one he had a grudge against).

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Her second husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan, told biographers that she had had a "grudging appreciation" of Lumet's film, but was doubtful about Finney's Poirot moustache.

So he probably has a grudge against me".

If you're alive, chances are that Smith has a grudge against you.

"The people who have a grudge now, it's a strategic grudge," he said.

His brother, Vincent, defended him and accused the bishop of having "a grudge against my brother".

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