How To Use Enviable In A Sentence

Much derided, but with an unenviable job. Times, Sunday Times
May is in an enviable position and enjoys huge backing from the public. The Sun
The pair have an enviable track record. Times, Sunday Times
Treasurer Ella Flynn has the unenviable task of ensuring that the little funding the centre gets is put to the best possible use.
As a key marginal producer of both oil and natural gas, Russia is now in an enviable position to catalyse this development.

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However, to continue in this enviable position, he must be prepared at a moment's notice to go scabbing again. THE SCAB
Those are still enviable figures, mind. Times, Sunday Times
Rotherham is hoping to shrug off its unenviable title of the car crime capital of South Yorkshire with a new crackdown that aims to slash vehicle crime by a fifth.
The British inland waterway system, flourishing in the early nineteenth century, was staffed by a large body of bargees who, like the railway navvies, earned an unenviable reputation for roughness.
The project has built up a unique and enviable reputation among the local people and other community organisations.
The job of editing this book must have been an unenviable one. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
He achieved enviable results with the minimum of effort.
Both are exceedingly gifted individuals with enviable human qualities; both were once cherished friends to me; and both, I think, use rage and spite to palliate their unhealed wounds. Archive 2009-12-01
The guard commander had an unenviable job. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
He had an enviable reputation, once upon a time, as a symphonist of real individuality, like Simpson today.
Yet beyond the brass, many successful dealmakers possess an enviable skill set - vision, confidence, perseverance, focus, even empathy.
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It is an unenviable task but he must stand strong for the longterm good of racing. Times, Sunday Times
It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.
He is building an enviable record as captain, too. Times, Sunday Times
Another unenviable record is the 19 stabbings that occurred at a gig in Boston, although they were not a reaction to the band's music but the result of a nutter running amok through the crowd.
True, their position in a small open "rodney" in the middle of a dark, rough night in the North Atlantic was not exactly enviable, especially as the biting winter wind was freezing their clothing solid, and steadily sapping their small stock of remaining vitality. Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers
So someone had the unenviable task of condensing a five decade recording career into one teeny tiny album.
Although the design has evolved over the years, the first and the latest Volkswagen Transporter share the same badge on the front and the same design principles of a generous loadspace and an enviable reputation for quality and durability. Releases feed from RealWire
You'll have an enviable lifestyle. The Sun
In London Mercedes-Benz is building an enviable reputation as the fashion extravaganza's final act: the hottest ticket at London Fashion Week in September 2011 was the star-studded aftershow party hosted by Giles Deacon and Mercedes-Benz to showcase the Concept A-CLASS. Gearing up for London Fashion Week
He has an unenviable task of improving national and international competitiveness for Scottish food products.
When frozen assets are released and the oil starts pumping again, Libya will find itself in an enviable situation economically.
Has the comical and enviable habit of making most defenders look not unlike Wile E Coyote in pursuit of the roadrunner when he puts his foot down.
Considering there are some six billion people on this planet, individuality is an enviable trait! Robert Tornambe, M.D.: Accepting Your Genetic Destiny
Just what is it that makes the stingiest people in Britain pinch the pennies to such extremes that they have won the unenviable moniker of tightwad?
Cemetery managers, like parishes, have inherited an unenviable legacy from past generations.
They also wanted high ceilings, clean white walls to display their enviable art collection, and good natural light. Times, Sunday Times
You are in a position that many would consider enviable.
She's in the enviable position of being able to choose who she works for.
They maintain the enviable skill of being able to entertain an audience young and old.
The acquisition makes it the world leader in this niche area, an enviable position.
Along the way, the actress gained a reputation for qualities brash and enviable, as well as easily mocked: She was the sloe-eyed hipster, the vintage-clad vamp, the film snob.
Spain will announce the winner of one of the most unenviable jobs in Europe today. Times, Sunday Times
Over the years the Humber Bridge has built up an unenviable reputation for attracting would-be suicides.
Mir was in an unenviable position. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
I had the unenviable task of being escorted by gardaí to cut off the water.
The oil producers are in the enviable position of selling something that automatically makes more of what they sell available. Times, Sunday Times
The oil producers are in the enviable position of selling something that automatically makes more of what they sell available. Times, Sunday Times
A by-product of a strong economy and an enviable quality of life. The Sun
She added her thanks to the judging panel who had the unenviable task of selecting the winning companies.
He has an unenviable record of ill - health.
And the firm's enviable reputation means that it tends to win repeat business.
With perfect clarity and an enviable talent for scatting and freestyling, his vocal range has been described as ‘tremendous’.
Because of their lightness they don't need an airfield to take off or land and in their early days they had an unenviable safety record. Times, Sunday Times
an enviable position
Androgynous models with enviable cheekbones skulked down the catwalk in bulky, tie-waisted trenches in lacquered microfiber or wrinkly microfiber with stiff, standup necklines and drop-crotched harem pants. Archive 2010-01-17
Happy thoughtlessness! ay, and enviable harmless vanity, which thus produced a gaite du coeur worth all my philosophy! Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
And he did so with an enviable manual dexterity driven by a witty, incisive mind.
Remarkably, Freddie came through a second time and left hospital with the unenviable task of learning to walk again.
For now, however, Scotland are in the enviable position of developing genuine strength in depth at all levels.
Hu consequently found himself in an enviable position of trust and was always interesting and well informed. Times, Sunday Times
Ireland might hold the unenviable title of being the most litigious country in the world.
Unlike other countries where sectarian conflicts have flared among members of different religious groups, religious comity in the country is enviable.
The club was in an enviable position of not having to draft any players to be starters.
Being the weakest player on the team isn't an enviable position, but that's the reality for many kids.
She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls.
The _ludi magister_ at Rome held a position even less enviable than that held by the _grammatist_ at Athens. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization
In this dilemma, I turned to one of my three friends, a gentleman whom I knew to possess an enviable flow of silver speech, and obtested him, by whatever he deemed holiest, to give me at least an available thought or two to start with, and, once afloat, I would trust to my guardian-angel for enabling me to flounder ashore again. Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches
They now find themselves with an unenviable choice. Times, Sunday Times
Britain has an enviable record on breast screening for cancer.
In closing, I speculate that writing such a book is an unenviable task; it just invites criticism.
In many ways the local authority has its hands tied and is in the same unenviable position as councils across the country.
Google currently has the luxury of being inefficient because of its enviable position as the most powerful member of an oligopoly controlling an exploding market.
The school secretary Mary Yates had the unenviable task of counting all the coins.
Happy thoughtlessness! ay, and enviable harmless vanity, which thus produced a _gaite du coeur_ worth all my philosophy! Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
It is an unenviable situation, and not one that should make us gloat. Times, Sunday Times
His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety.
For a number of years the pub, formerly called Munnelly's, has had an unenviable reputation for attracting trouble.
Originally a prisoner, and one of the greatest scamps even among that most scampish body, he for a very long period endeavoured to acquire the enviable notoriety of a flash man; that is, in the terms of the immortal Shakspeare, Ralph Rashleigh
The clashes put America in an unenviable position. Times, Sunday Times
As our power of resistance has got exhausted, we have shun our frustration, and learnt the enviable and saintly art of satisfaction, stoicism and endurance.
Much derided, but with an unenviable job. Times, Sunday Times
The United Kingdom has an enviable reputation in international public health.
Its innovative use of computerized delivery systems has enabled it to achieve enviable levels of operating efficiency, while meeting demanding delivery deadlines, even in congested urban areas such as Mexico City. Lloyd Mexico Economic Report February 2006
Environmental enforcement officers had the unenviable task of clearing the tree of the waste.
Yesterday we said that we're now in the unenviable position of having to climb down from the consequences of our own boneheaded policies.
As a key marginal producer of both oil and natural gas, Russia is now in an enviable position to catalyse this development.
You have one of the most enviable jobs in the world. Times, Sunday Times
It is an unenviable task but he must stand strong for the longterm good of racing. Times, Sunday Times
The emphasis is on good, wholesome fun, and relaxation for the family with an enviable spread of good food and activities.
In 1326, when he was about fourteen, he was a happelapin (kitchen boy) to Queen Jeanne of France and was charged with the unenviable task of turning the great roasting spits before the open fire.
He has this enviable ability to ignore everything that's unpleasant in life.
With hindsight, his position was unenviable in the extreme. Times, Sunday Times
Microsoft's enviable Xbox 360 car was on-hand complete with three fold-out high-definition gameplay stations protruding from its boot.
in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
The lure was not only a new and enviable lifestyle, but involvement in the vanguard of a revolution. Times, Sunday Times
Whoever wins will inherit an unenviable legacy.
She is a woman of enviable beauty.
Theirs was not an enviable job. Times, Sunday Times
There was no counselling in his day and he had the unenviable task of driving the first train back to Dublin after the scene had been cleared.
It is expanding exponentially, and has built one of the most enviable brands in hospitality and zipless pick-up joints. Times, Sunday Times
In this case it was up to the personal preferences of one man with one of the most unenviable jobs imaginable.
Competing with memories of landmark movies is an unenviable task.
It feels like a tiny triumph to have some purchase on this enviable lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times
Olympushas had an enviable name for the production of both digital and classic film cameras.
The job of editing this book must have been an unenviable one. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
The male is tiny, far less showy, and has a unenviable time of it. Times, Sunday Times
It had occupied a favourable, though unenviable, position at the crux of two world wars.
This leaves the ladies in the enviable position of having to win just one more game to secure the title.
These scholars had the unenviable task of explaining why their patrons eventually sieged, overran, and sacked Carthage in a door-to-door killing spree that left only fifty thousand survivors out of an estimated population of seven hundred thousand. David Durham explains his interest in Hannibal and refutes the historical concept of him as a brutish barbarian.
Japan is in the enviable position of having a budget surplus.
If you are feeling brave and want to show off your bumbag with pride, then choose the pink - it's bound to get enviable looks as you strut to your next meeting! TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
He is, he admits, now in the enviable position of writing purely for enjoyment.
They gave me a job for two years where I held the unique and enviable position of having the desk closest to the nearest pub.
He has an unenviable record of ill - health.
He is popular with staff and is extremely good at multidisciplinary medicine with enviable insight and respect for other specialists and healthcare workers.
He has assembled an enviable client list, working for a number of large American cities on rethinking how to approach downtowns.
The school is situated in an enviable position next to the River Thames.
From this period, the last twenty years of his life, he gained an unenviable and undeserved reputation for being disagreeable and dishonest. WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativity and Exploration
Dividend yields have another enviable quality: they are concrete in a way that no other financial yardstick can hope to be. Times, Sunday Times
The shops do not claim to be the cheapest, but they have an enviable reputation for service. Times, Sunday Times
As such, he had an unenviable choice between representing himself and abandoning his claim. Times, Sunday Times
To complicate issues further, one of the two advancers in the group has the unenviable task of facing the other tournament favourite, France, in the second round.
At a time when investors are dumping shares in some of Europe's biggest cable operators, the company boasts an enviable roster of backers.
The advert features close up's on various parts of Megan's enviable bod and has the title Megan Fox in Emporio Armani. Entertainmentwise.com | TV News
He is in the enviable position of having two job offers to choose from.
Either way the president is now left with an unenviable choice. Times, Sunday Times
Britain has an enviable record on breast screening for cancer.
Getting the selection right for the South Africa game is looking more and more of an unenviable task. Times, Sunday Times
The eurozone's unenviable position as the catalyst of the recent turmoil has made it deeply unpopular. Times, Sunday Times
With his soft grey eyes, enviable cheekbones and hair that tousles endearingly at the merest touch, he has all the makings of a teen idol.
They are one of the few mixed voice choirs in the country to find itself in this enviable position.
It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.
These workers had earned an unenviable reputation for roughness.
Generally speaking the property of lycanthropy in Spain appears to be hereditary; and, as one would naturally expect in a country so pronouncedly Roman Catholic, to rid the lycanthropist of his unenviable property it is the custom to resort to exorcism. Werwolves
The job of editing this book must have been an unenviable one. THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend
Her enviable reputation as a concert artist and opera singer has lead her to work with many of the world's leading conductors.
The Grumbleweeds maintain the enviable skill of being able to entertain an audience ranging from family to stag to corporate with apparent ease.
Unable to match the Indians' enviable capacity for keeping themselves cool, the animals died of heat prostration.
They have the unenviable task of supervising the most dangerous prison in the country.
This is a deep relationship with an enviable lifestyle. The Sun
Starting a film festival from scratch is an exciting but unenviable task.
Even though he still has enviable scores — the lowest is now 710 — he worries he no longer qualifies for the best rates on loans. Sliding economy raises questions about credit scores
Much derided, but with an unenviable job. Times, Sunday Times
She's also in the enviable position of being able to pick and choose her projects. The Sun
He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.
Against that background, it has been suggested to us that our task is an unenviable one; that may be right, it may be wrong.
He has an unenviable reputation for getting injured, which he claims is undeserved.
Their security looks likely to be precarious, their task unenviable. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
The oil producers are in the enviable position of selling something that automatically makes more of what they sell available. Times, Sunday Times
Cumbria has the unenviable reputation of being the county worst hit by the virus with 877 confirmed outbreaks and more than 1.1 million animals culled in total.
Up close, the First Lady's yellow Isabel Toledo sheath and matching jacket revealed an intricate wool guipure detail, a choice which reflected both her enviable confidence and her bold approach to fas ... Brett Ashley McKenzie: Michelle: And Tall Women the World Over Rejoiced
The government faces an unenviable task in putting the pieces together again.
It flows with an enviable ease, featuring slow, bass-heavy beats accompanied by spacey keyboard combinations and soulful, funky guitar chords.
With Walsh under suspension, the unenviable job of marking Bull has been handed to Simon Grayson.
Getting the selection right for the South Africa game is looking more and more of an unenviable task. Times, Sunday Times
Brown and Warne had an unenviable dilemma on their hands, even if they brought it on themselves.
Much derided, but with an unenviable job. Times, Sunday Times
Britain has an enviable reputation for research and government investment is critical. Times, Sunday Times
Finally, the bibliography and appendices are enviable.
As the soldier's father, he had the unenviable task of identifying the body.
She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
At Cambridge he developed an enviable reputation as an organist and choir trainer.
As a result, those who were brought on board saw themselves as an enviable elite, however overworked and underpaid.
Their security looks likely to be precarious, their task unenviable. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
Whoever wins will inherit an unenviable legacy.
Sale have the unenviable record of having leaked more tries than any club in Premiership history. Times, Sunday Times
With their massive ballrooms, twisting galleries, ceremoniously laid out kitchens and enviable furnishings, Chateaux were also the dwellings of European Kings and queens.
It is an unenviable job. The Sun
But the choices available to Mr. Reagan strike U.S. policy - makers as equally unenviable.
They are the product of complex histories that the writer eruditely recounts with an enviable lightness of touch.
We do not have the land mass, and worse, the soil types, that will put us in the enviable position.
That's not an enviable position to be in with the election less than two months away.
It sounds like you have an enviable hourglass figure. Times, Sunday Times
Both Socrates and the University of Oxford now enjoy an enviable academic reputation.
It sounds like you have an enviable hourglass figure. Times, Sunday Times
In the long years in which Gonzague had contrived to establish for himself the enviable reputation of the ideal of high gentlehood, he had very quietly and cautiously formed, as it were, a kind of court within a court -- a court that was carefully formed for the faithful service of his interests. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama
People in the more accessible Central Mekeo rapidly found themselves in the enviable position of being the sole providers of large quantities of high quality betel pepper and areca nut.
Glastonbury's unenviable task is to put on a festival that can please both extremes. Times, Sunday Times
Coetzee is capable of handling different genres with an enviable degree of felicity.
Emami occupies an enviable position in sectors such as FMCG, newsprint, private hospital, edible oil, bio-diesel, realty, ball pen tips manufacturing, contemporary art and retail chain with Frank Ross and Starmark in its fold. India Press Release
He struggled to walk onto the stage but played flute, tenor and alto sax, police whistle, African tom-toms and cow-bell with enviable vigour and verve.
He has this enviable ability to ignore everything that's unpleasant in life.
The dip in her normally enviable popularity will fuel speculation about her future. Times, Sunday Times
R—, a woman with whom I was more than casually preoccupied during my last few months in the city, and who belonged to a top-story, hands-off-you-sodden-peasant Garden District social caste, owned a large, enviable collection of 1970s soul LPs that she had arranged in a kind of rampart around her unmade, canopied, arrantly invitational bed. Living With Music: Bill Cotter - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
And how did they get that enviable job? Times, Sunday Times
The lure was not only a new and enviable lifestyle, but involvement in the vanguard of a revolution. Times, Sunday Times
It is an enviable position to be in. Times, Sunday Times
On a day when British officials were congratulating themselves on the team's best showing in an Olympic Games for 76 years, a record of an unenviable nature was later set on the track.
She was, she says, aware of her exceptional looks early on and talks about them with enviable dispassion. Times, Sunday Times
The school is situated in an enviable position next to the River Thames.
The judges' unenviable task in both cases was to choose between the judgement of the doctors and the wishes of the parents.
He has a very responsible job and I am sure his salary is quite enviable.
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Olympushas had an enviable name for the production of both digital and classic film cameras.
The government has a large and unenviable task, but some pundits say it is rushing policy. Times, Sunday Times
Getting the selection right for the South Africa game is looking more and more of an unenviable task. Times, Sunday Times
Edward III was in a delicate and unenviable position .
It is an unenviable task, yet it is a vital one if a modern healthcare system is to be delivered and patient expectations are to be met.
She's also in the enviable position of being able to pick and choose her projects. The Sun
The fugu enjoys the rare though not necessarily enviable distinction of having the most lethal skin, intestines, livers and gonads in the world.
Over the years the Humber Bridge has built up an unenviable reputation for attracting would-be suicides.
But Kiffin flexed his muscles in recruiting — pulling in the No. 1 ranked class, according to Rivals. com — so there is enviable talent on hand as the Trojans try to reclaim the Pac-10 title after they went 5-4 in conference games, tied for fifth. Around the Pac-10 Conference
You have an enviable social life and attract interesting and talented people.

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