envy

He wasn’t the first to remark on St. Louis’s rent-stabilized apartment with more than a tinge of envy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The purchase marks a triumph in the sports realm for Iger, whose strategic moves and bold acquisitions made Disney the envy of the entertainment world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Once the envy of China's tech scene, the startup behind the artificial intelligence agent tool Manus has become an example of how rivalry between global powers can ensnare young entrepreneurs' ambitions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The social media videos pumped out by many of the city's venues including the newest "pop-ups" made a star out of Charlie the Pug, and everyone green with envy if they missed the latest singalong.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

I noticed with envy that she had escaped drastic coiffuric ministrations; her pale, silvery-blond hair hung down her back in two neat braids.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

It’s also necessary to limit distortions to private-sector behavior, since private capital and competitive incentives drive the kind of innovation and financial firepower the rest of the world envies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sam, now 25, says he envies those who do want to become parents because the experience "clearly has" beauty and love in it.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

If your social-worker friend envies your designer clothes, you don’t have to ditch your Prada for rags, but it’s probably better not to festoon your outfit with your biggest diamond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

She would rather do the shopping, get exactly what she wants; she envies me the walk.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

The 67-year-old breast cancer survivor, who consults on sustainable textiles and runs a small farmers market, would never have her own property sprayed with pesticides, but admits to having envied neighbors who did.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Perhaps the market shoppers I envied had simply made a few decisions before everything started charming them.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

And at that moment I remembered an older friend no longer with us whom I’d always envied because, as a boy, he’d go to Yankee Stadium and see Joe DiMaggio play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

For years, they got used to being admired - and envied - as the economic powerhouse of Europe.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025

I suppose I always envied that brush of his, how wavy it was.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

It’s during the voice-over when Henry recalls as a boy envying the wiseguys who hung out at the pizza parlor and taxi stand across the street from his home.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

She might be several years younger than Jo but is an educated adult woman, and envying her orphan cousin is morally repugnant.

From Slate ● May 5, 2021

Beth is actually just envying Laurie’s vitality because she’s sick, but Jo thinks Beth is in love.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2019

I remember seeing some of the teenagers waltz on to the set one day, envying their youth and beauty.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2019

“Yes, I have. Mine is dishes and dusters, and envying girls with nice pianos, and being afraid of people.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott