envious
Example Sentences
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While I was laid up, I spent time reading on social media about former colleagues who were publicizing new books, speaking at conferences and otherwise staying in the limelight—and I felt envious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"I mean I'm envious, I wish I could pop a wheelie like that. I'm just thankful I don't have boys that age."
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Mays’ Salieri is at once aghast at such loutish behavior and bitterly envious that Mozart is exceptional enough to get away with it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
He loves football but says he is envious of those who don’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Spiritually Johnny shrugged, determined to be neither overimpressed nor envious.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing envious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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