envy

Example Sentences

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And at that moment I remembered an older friend no longer with us whom I’d always envied because, as a boy, he’d go to Yankee Stadium and see Joe DiMaggio play.

From The Wall Street Journal

I envied them, their world, where the biggest problem was not quite liking each other enough or being stabbed in the back by someone they had known for three weeks.

From New York Times

For nearly three decades, China’s local governments were the envy of the world.

From New York Times

And there’s jealousy and envy that comes with it.

From Seattle Times

“All these that are destroyed, destroyed, destroyed in Babylon the great — how one hears the envy, the endless envy screeching through this song of triumph.”

From Washington Post