enviousness
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hooker was apparently examining the elegant furniture and luxurious accommodation with his usual resentful enviousness.
From Clarence by Bret Harte
“Marse Dave Henry is sholy a lieutender in de company, an’ mistiss she say he’d a done been a giner’l ef dey wa’nt so much enviousness in de army.”
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
To business people, it denotes enviousness and covetousness.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
I fancy a great deal of nonsense is talked about the world's enviousness.
From The Odd Women by George Gissing
"Do not give way to the enviousness of your sister's lot," he admonished her, very grave, in his deep voice.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
