the green-eyed monster
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It perplexed the author that Rebecca was marketed by her publisher as a love story; she viewed it as very dark, and all of its characters as eaten alive by the green-eyed monster.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2020
Can you really vanquish the green-eyed monster with introspection and communication alone?
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2018
Incongruous as it may seem, giggles abound in this clever and exuberantly performed hip-hop musical version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Moorish general troubled by the green-eyed monster.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2017
When it comes to Lola, his protective impulses awaken the green-eyed monster in more insidious ways.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2016
If the general called and questioned happened to be one of the numerous class who had formed the acquaintance of the green-eyed monster, he entertained the Committee with shocking stories of his superior officers.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley
