invidiousness

Example Sentences

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The episode was a giant green cauldron of invidiousness and ill will.

From Slate • May 14, 2012

I thank God I am free from all national invidiousness.

From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman

“And for why?” demanded several Irishmen, truculently, their ire aroused at the invidiousness of the allusion.

From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Russel, Florence Kimball

We wish, in the first place, to remove the appearance of invidiousness and partiality which the constant prominence � 1.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John

The invidiousness of knowing and not acting on Oates's 'dangerous secret,' Godfrey hoped, fell on the Minister rather than on himself.

From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew