enviousness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It is they who seem to have the enviousness, to be torn with desire to get what isn't theirs.

From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice

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

"It's nothing but enviousness," he said in a lowered tone, which had a stimulating effect upon my wearied hearing.

From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph

"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 Conrad, Joseph

For that reason, perhaps, being free from that enviousness that characterizes so many girls, she was a beauty-lover.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Halsey, Rena I.