jealous

Example Sentences

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I can’t do it, because I’m jelly, jelly jealous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

“People are always going to be jealous of teams that try to win when they feel like others aren’t. Everybody can go out and do the same thing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

Years later Woolf admitted that Mansfield was the only writer she had ever felt jealous of.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“Ignore her, Res. She’s just jealous of our relationship,” Xander says.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga