envy
Example Sentences
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Even taking a boy to chemotherapy sessions may, as the story suggests, spark envy and resentment in the brother who gets left at home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
No, it was writerly admiration — OK, envy — that stopped me.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
What follows is a fittingly labyrinthine examination of our obsession with the past, and our envy of those who can see it more clearly than we can.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
I’m not one for vehicular envy, but while traveling a few weeks back, I couldn’t help but admire another man’s rickety Nissan Altima.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
I’d go over to play at the Gore sisters’ house and envy their space—the fact that their family had a whole house to themselves.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing envy
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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Common Senses: Vid, Vis ("See")
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"The Gift of the Magi"
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