enviousness

Example Sentences

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And it is amusing, though sad, to gee how such folk take for granted in others the same pretty enviousness which they feel in themselves.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

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

Mr. Hooker was apparently examining the elegant furniture and luxurious accommodation with his usual resentful enviousness.

From Clarence by Harte, Bret

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

From The Odd Women by Gissing, George

They tell us, also, that Catulus himself alleged this in vindication of his honor, accusing, in various ways, the enviousness of Marius.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh