Example Sentences

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Jealously guarding their intimacy after their painful months apart, it was just the two of them, without friends and family.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2022

Jealously takes place of the love,and sometimes,this goes to nadir,by harming the interests of sibling - either financially,or emotionally.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2017

Jealously protective of his anonymity, he offered only that he is between 25 and 35 years old and comes from a middle-class background.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2012

Jealously guarding what they believe to be their private offshore Klondikes, more and more coastal nations have been applying the same restrictions on oceanographic studies as they have on offshore fishing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jealously the boy stood guard while his tiny sister had her first real meal.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth