At WKRP, Herb is considered a troublemaker and "general jackass" by his co-workers, but they all have a certain grudging affection for him.

He had gained the grudging affection of some people by consistently hating Richard Nixon's guts from the very beginning.

A note of grudging affection had crept into Colum's voice.

She had a strange and grudging affection for the lecherous old woman.

Yet he also maintained a healthy respect for Mundy's criminal talents, as well as a grudging affection for the master criminal himself.

The strangest contortion of astonishment, pain, and reluctant and grudging affection twisted his face.

The endlessly charming Mr. Bierko is a delight as Ben, whose clenched distaste for Hershel evolves into grudging affection.

There was a grudging affection for its crumbling state.

Who else could pull off Charlie's grudging affection for his long-lost son, a blond-haired tyke with Shirley Temple pluck, without making the audience gag on its popcorn?

Emerson, whose feelings for his reprobate half-brother vacillated between grudging affection and violent annoyance, froze me with an icy blue stare.