jealous
Example Sentences
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We were the sort of sisters you are a bit jealous of because we were so close.
From BBC
So what kind of things make you jealous?
From Literature
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I thought back to all the extra tutoring she’d received over the years, a fact that I’d always been more than a little jealous of.
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The oldest Fox sister was also labeled “jealous” and Elisha’s mocking nicknames for Leah, such as “the Tigress,” were published for the first time.
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He always was jealous if I talked to or petted any kind of an animal.
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