invidiousness

Example Sentences

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The episode was a giant green cauldron of invidiousness and ill will.

From Slate • May 14, 2012

He rejoiced in the present meeting, however, as the best of all possible answers to such a piece of invidiousness.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William

We had with us neither spades nor pickaxes, and if love of ease surmounted our desire of knowledge, the offence has not the invidiousness of singularity.

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

Thus Pedro lost all his property because of his invidiousness.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill

Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas