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envied
verb as in be jealous of another
Example Sentences
New England, the franchise he called home for 20 seasons, had to watch in envy as Brady triumphed with a new squad.
Spending long periods passively scrolling through social media, for example, is linked to greater feelings of envy and loneliness, and a higher risk of depression.
The truth is, as with many instances of envy, this strain of green-eyed monster is born of inequity.
Tinkle, the aspiring wildlands firefighter with the Brown degree, said people often react to her story by expressing envy for her less conventional route to a job.
This sparked some envy among the locals, and Friedman started getting requests from neighbors to use his closed-off personal shed.
Maybe at one point I would have envied these students who grew up in privileged families so often laden with trust funds.
How you envied her, set yourself up in opposition to all that.
To his peers, he's an all-star eccentric who is pitied or clucked over protectively as often as he is envied.
As the years passed, I envied women who nonchalantly mentioned their periods as nothing more than a minor irritation.
My brother is a professional artist, and I always sort of envied him.
We never see such horrors now; and I actually envied Pit Town the possession of that picture.
If Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.
He sang bravura airs with a facility of vocalisation any prima donna might have envied.
She had seen no married happiness that she envied, even where there was a fine measure of love and philosophy.
Sukey had before envied Catharine the possession of a gold necklace; but that grew dim before the glory of this London gown.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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