enviousness
Example Sentences
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"It's nothing but enviousness," he said in a lowered tone, which had a stimulating effect upon my wearied hearing.
From Falk A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad
And was it not something like enviousness which gripped his heart, as if of a privilege denied to him alone of all the men that had ever passed through this world?
From Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
To business people, it denotes enviousness and covetousness.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
"Do not give way to the enviousness of your sister's lot," he admonished her, very grave, in his deep voice.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
They tell us, also, that Catulus himself alleged this in vindication of his honor, accusing, in various ways, the enviousness of Marius.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
