enviousness

Example Sentences

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"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 Conrad, Joseph

It is they who seem to have the enviousness, to be torn with desire to get what isn't theirs.

From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice

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 Miller, Gustavus Hindman

Turning I left the rose unto her pride,   The lily to her enviousness, And soon upon the grassy ground espied   A daisy all companionless.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

“Marse Dave Henry is sholy a lieutender in de company, an’ mistiss she say he’d a done been a giner’l ef dey wa’nt so much enviousness in de army.”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various