envied

Example Sentences

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Hurley has long envied NFL coaches like Kyle Shanahan, who script every single action of their offenses with absurdly long play sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But as people who shared the experience of being “mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated,” often allied, sometimes antagonists, theirs is a special case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Entrepreneurs envied Cummings’ import success and wanted a piece of the action.

From Slate • May 25, 2025

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

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

After all, monkeys, living in trees, must have felt a need to fly, must have envied the birds around them.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien