envied

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Nov. 26, 2025

Entrepreneurs envied Cummings’ import success and wanted a piece of the action.

From Slate • May 25, 2025

For years, they got used to being admired - and envied - as the economic powerhouse of Europe.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

He envied kids whose families forgot about them once in a while.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett