envy

The envy you’re describing is uncomfortable, frustrating and totally natural.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He wasn’t the first to remark on St. Louis’s rent-stabilized apartment with more than a tinge of envy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

I looked over at 404 reporter Rebecca Castillo in envy, knowing she was about to witness the Brooklyn outfit for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Once the envy of China's tech scene, the startup behind the artificial intelligence agent tool Manus has become an example of how rivalry between global powers can ensnare young entrepreneurs' ambitions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

She tried not to envy that Sparrow’s were—or that her gift was such a simple and beautiful one, while her own was neither.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Maybe it’s not just that he envies their absolute power on the home front or their unabashedly lavish palaces.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

It’s also necessary to limit distortions to private-sector behavior, since private capital and competitive incentives drive the kind of innovation and financial firepower the rest of the world envies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sam, now 25, says he envies those who do want to become parents because the experience "clearly has" beauty and love in it.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

If your social-worker friend envies your designer clothes, you don’t have to ditch your Prada for rags, but it’s probably better not to festoon your outfit with your biggest diamond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Colonel Cargill envies you because of the splendid job you’re doing on parades. He’s afraid I’m going to put you in charge of bomb patterns.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Their recruitment model, buying players in and selling them on for vast profits, is envied.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The 67-year-old breast cancer survivor, who consults on sustainable textiles and runs a small farmers market, would never have her own property sprayed with pesticides, but admits to having envied neighbors who did.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Perhaps the market shoppers I envied had simply made a few decisions before everything started charming them.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

But as people who shared the experience of being “mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated,” often allied, sometimes antagonists, theirs is a special case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

He was fascinated by them and sometimes envied their old clothes, their sloppiness, the way they didn’t seem to give a damn about anything.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Tian found herself envying such a simple life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

It’s during the voice-over when Henry recalls as a boy envying the wiseguys who hung out at the pizza parlor and taxi stand across the street from his home.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

You are rebounding, on your own two feet, when you find yourself envying other writers again, just a bit.

From Washington Post ● May 7, 2021

She might be several years younger than Jo but is an educated adult woman, and envying her orphan cousin is morally repugnant.

From Slate ● May 5, 2021

I remember the lean grace of his movements in a track suit and I remember envying his smooth and perfect timing.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck