be jealous

Example Sentences

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It showed that women don’t have to be jealous of each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

So we don't have to be jealous because we're not doing what somebody else is doing.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2024

But then we would look at France and be jealous of them because of how many players they had in the top 100s and however many more in the top 200s or 250s.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

When Mr. Snyder asked whether Mr. Cooper might be jealous, he denied it.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Janie learned what it felt like to be jealous.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston