envy

Example Sentences

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And at that moment I remembered an older friend no longer with us whom I’d always envied because, as a boy, he’d go to Yankee Stadium and see Joe DiMaggio play.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Los Angeles relies on a strong entertainment industry that is the envy of the world while putting Angelenos to work in good, middle class jobs,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Before Silicon Valley Bank failed, First Republic had a banking franchise that was the envy of most of the industry.

From Seattle Times

First were the “Babysitters Club” books, through which we came to envy girls with private phone lines and learn about diabetes.

From Washington Post

Joy Shigaki, president and CEO of the nonprofit group Friends of the Waterfront Seattle, which helped raise private funds for the development, said the new waterfront will be the “envy of many cities.”

From Seattle Times