enviousness

Example Sentences

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And was it not something like enviousness which gripped his heart, as if of a privilege denied to him alone of all the men that had ever passed through this world?

From Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph

I fancy a great deal of nonsense is talked about the world's enviousness.

From The Odd Women by Gissing, George

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 Miller, Gustavus Hindman

“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

Turning I left the rose unto her pride,   The lily to her enviousness, And soon upon the grassy ground espied   A daisy all companionless.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William