envy

We must look like the type of couple that would inspire envy, not one in the process of saying goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

A fifth-generation farmer in an area with agricultural soil that is the envy of the world, Yerxa is facing a hurdle during this fall’s harvest that he didn’t see coming.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

That success has Mr. Jentleson green with envy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Based in the English city of Bristol, George has an on-the-spectrum manner that unnerves some colleagues, but his record of solving cases is a source of envy on his squad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Gum Baby don’t envy you, Bumbletongue. Having to carry around something that small and annoying? Don’t seem fun at all.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Maybe it’s not just that he envies their absolute power on the home front or their unabashedly lavish palaces.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

“Tata Ndu is so rich he has six wives, and everybody envies him.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Their recruitment model, buying players in and selling them on for vast profits, is envied.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

When I was 20, I envied my mother’s ability to seemingly buy whatever she wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

I glanced over at Fern and envied the way she raised her eyebrows, a sure sign that she was loving her story and couldn’t wait to turn the page.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Scott admits to envying Turturro for all the scenes he had with Walken.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

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

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

Now both my kids are in college, and it’s way too late to install anything like that now, but I find myself envying my friends who continue to know where their children are.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2019

I remember the lean grace of his movements in a track suit and I remember envying his smooth and perfect timing.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck