jealous
Example Sentences
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I can’t do it, because I’m jelly, jelly jealous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
But I think I felt really jealous that he got to go to work every day and just be alone with his thoughts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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
Nursery practitioner Elizabeth Burton told the court that Bennett had a "jealous attachment" with five children and would "take control" of them.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Could she be jealous of all this tender attention lavished on the Incorrigibles, who, despite their adorable eccentricities and mysterious background, were really perfect strangers to Miss Mortimer?
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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