envious
Example Sentences
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Envious as I was of this woman’s confidence, I had serious doubts about her judgment.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
Envious of the fat profits that American investment banks were generating during the 1980s deal boom, Credit Suisse moved to eventually take control of First Boston by 1990.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022
Envious of their Persian Gulf neighbors’ success at projecting a cosmopolitan and humane image through sport, Saudi Arabia is geo-sport’s rising superpower.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Envious glances inside the fridges of total strangers.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2011
“Not at all. Envious maybe. It makes it easier for me to leave it all behind.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing envious
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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