enviousness

Example Sentences

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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 Clough, Arthur Hugh

Mr. Hooker was apparently examining the elegant furniture and luxurious accommodation with his usual resentful enviousness.

From Clarence by Harte, Bret

For that reason, perhaps, being free from that enviousness that characterizes so many girls, she was a beauty-lover.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Halsey, Rena I.

And it is amusing, though sad, to gee how such folk take for granted in others the same pretty enviousness which they feel in themselves.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison

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