How To Use Envious In A Sentence

He can't help but be envious of those in the private sector - there is the great temptation.
And in such a case envy will be sure to work and boil up to a more than ordinary height, while the envious person frets, and raves, and swells at the plenties and affluence of his abounding neighbour, and (as I may so express it) is even ready to burst with another's fulness. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
It is such a mouth as we can imagine some remorseless inquisitor to have had -- that is, not an inquisitor filled with holy zeal for what he mistakenly thought the cause of Christ demanded, but a spleeny, envious, rancorous shaveling, who tortured men from hatred of their superiority to him, and sheer love of inflicting pain. Andersonville — Volume 1
Envy and greed were the mainsprings of their creativity; it would have been more accurate if some of them had been called the Envious Young Men.
Dame Gourlay, with two of her contemporaries, the same who assisted at Alice's late-wake, seated apart upon a flat monument, or "through-stane," sate enviously comparing the shares which had been allotted to them in dividing the dole. The Bride of Lammermoor

Even then, her silent beauty had received admiring appraisals and envious glances.
Most teams would cast envious eyes over the pair of them. The Sun
Many of those who tend to be greedy, envious, and niggardly anyway fall prey to sin.
We will then walk past the envious eyes of the city to my crib, where we will get down all night long.
Envious glances were cast at Anne.
Cleave fast to her thou lovest and let the envious rail amain, iv. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
They seem to you inert, flabby, weakly envious, foolishly obstinate, impiously mutinous, and many other things.
He speaks perfect English, eschews pomp and formality and uses the Autocue to deliver his speech with a professionalism that should make other politicians envious.
Even commendation itself is often used calumniously, with intent to breed dislike and ill-will towards a person commended in envious or jealous ears; or so as to give passage to dispraises, and render the accusations following more credible. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
Their sneakers pounded out a staccato rhythm at a pace so fast that ‘Lord of the Dance’'s Michael Flatley would be envious.
Robbins was looking over the morning _Pic. _, detecting, as young reporters will, the gross blunders in the make-up, and the envious blue-pencilling his own stuff had received. Roads of Destiny
Six different winners in the opening six races must have most of the F1 grid casting envious eyes towards the results if not the bank balances. Times, Sunday Times
“I envious? — beshrew thy heart for the word!” replied the handicraft. Kenilworth
And the Potters chief cast an envious eye at the opposition dugout. The Sun
I'm envious of someone who is able to make a living as a reader-writer.
The woman couldn't help but feel a little envious, seeing how natural her hair looked without any dye in it at all.
How my heart palpitated with delight when, through apertures in the envious boughs, I at once caught the gleam of your graceful straw-hat, and the waving of your grey dress — dress that I should recognise amongst a thousand. Villette
We want to see beautiful people we can be envious of, not ordinary folk who remind us of ourselves.
When the school bell chimed, Joe slowly joined the crowd funnelling through the school entrance, racked with envious misery. A BOY’S BEST FRIEND • by S.J. Higbee
She was envious of her sister's beauty.
[Footnote 552: Tholuit, or Tholum, in some MSS., but no doubt the same as the Tulum of Letters 9 and 10.] [Footnote 553: 'Ubi et si quid esset quolibet casu, qualibet inquisitione fortassis ambiguum, hujus auctoritatis nostrae judicio constat explosum.'] 'And should any envious person, in contempt of our royal will, dare to raise any question in this matter hereafter, either on behalf of the The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
The ladies of her dorter were envious of her: Ralph Monterey, whom so many had tried to permanently net and been disappointed, was apparently quite smitten with a girl who had been at court for less than two weeks! The Frozen Heart
This may strike a modern reader as an envious institution.
She was envious of Thomas Rane and Danlo, and if the truth be told, even of Hanuman li Tosh. THE BROKEN GOD
Actually, there is a bit of enviousness, or what we call, I don't know what is the English word for it, but it is like gloating. CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2009
People get envious and want to bring them down. The Sun
Flick he envious eyes over her sweet face. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
It is a joy to be able to delight in somebody else's good fortune rather than be envious of it.
After all you have to be envious of somebody to feel jealous of them, right?
envious of their art collection
Robert's new job sounds very nice - I'm envious of him / I'm full of envy / I envy him.
They should mostly be complimentary, of course, but you might get the odd envious remark directed your way.
I'm so envious of you getting an extra day's holiday.
Flick he envious eyes over her sweet face. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
By our very nature, we are selfish, jealous, envious, stricken with strife, and sometimes downright rebellious.
This is a ridiculous and reactionary practice that has morphed true humility into a bludgeon for the easily offended who are envious because of their own lack of skills and abilities.
The Soviet Union had better technology and more money to spend on it than America, and that made the Americans jealous, even envious.
I put the key back into my pocket and backed out of the parking spot I was in, and sped out of the lot, unheeding but aware of the envious stares.
People who are envious or jealous seem to be in a perpetual state of suffering and anguish.
Many show the popular imagination at work, with jocular and sometimes grotesque names, names that betray attitudes -- amused, derisive, envious, sardonic, rejective. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2
He also had a way with words that made this writer envious more than once.
Footballers gossip about schemes elsewhere and often cast envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
I'm so envious of you getting an extra day's holiday.
Mrs. Eddy, with an envious and admiring eye upon the solitary and rivalless and world-shadowing majesty of St. Peter's, reveals in her Christian Science
Most teams would cast envious eyes over the pair of them. The Sun
Fernandes' informal wear had that wily old politician and general Fidel Ramos envious.
In those days people were not envious. Times, Sunday Times
I like jimmie-hoya-doins hellium ballon idea I am sure it has an acoountability record that even a bank would be envious of. Sound Politics: Vote by E-mail
Many managers cast envious looks at the club's resources, but their grass is certainly not greener. Times, Sunday Times
It also creates a jealous and envious society, as we try to outdo each other.
[6796] He calls that other tenet of special [6797] election and reprobation, a prejudicate, envious and malicious opinion, apt to draw all men to desperation. Anatomy of Melancholy
The freedom of an individual to create wealth and spend it without envious attacks is a value that we all should be united in protecting.
The Eagle cast an envious eye on the Russian supply centre near the village of Kalantut, some ten miles from his Paghman eyrie. KARA KUSH
Footballers gossip about schemes elsewhere and often cast envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
I do not rejoice at your extraordinary and outrageous peregrinations because I am envious - jealous - and extremely full of all uncharitableness.
That was in 1963, and she was singing about her envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
The other students exchanged envious and puzzled glances. The Passion of Michel Foucault
She felt a bit envious momentarily before she brushed it off, feeling selfish.
My long, long wait to get into print is bound to make me a little envious, isn't it?
Her description of the Duchess of Milan's gown is detailed and enthusiastic; her opinions on 'rebatos' and 'tires' have the assurance of envious observation.
Barry was envious when the man at the table explained how a group of retired software engineers get together every Tuesday and Thursday for 18 holes.
But he is refusing to cast any envious glances towards Spain. The Sun
Then shalt thou see the dew-bedabbled wretch Turn, and return, indenting with the way; Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch, Each shadow makes him stop, each murmur stay: For misery is trodden on by many, And being low never relieved by any. On Hunting
People who are envious or jealous seem to be in a perpetual state of suffering and anguish.
I can't help feeling a little envious. Times, Sunday Times
Besides the criticism of the acting, he called Voltaire "the envious bard" because it was only with much reluctance and ill-humor that he permitted the performance of Iphigenie of Racine. Historical Essays
Yes — you must answer for it all because you turned up like this, because I am a blackguard, because I am the nastiest, stupidest, absurdest and most envious of all the worms on earth, who are not a bit better than I am, but, the devil knows why, are never put to confusion; while I shall always be insulted by every louse, that is my doom! Notes from Underground
She was envious of her sister's new fashionable dress.
MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the Bellingham escutcheon garnished sable, Ulysses
But now when you have said, “To-morrow I will begin to attend,” you must be told that you are saying this, “To-day I will be shameless, disregardful of time and place, mean; it will be in the power of others to give me pain; to-day I will be passionate and envious.” The Discourses of Epictetus
In Nanxuzhou Pearl came close to taking the conventional missionary view that pictured Chinese people not as individuals but as a menacing, faceless horde, morally obnoxious and numerically overwhelming: “hard-featured, envious, curious, unsympathetic and ungracious,” as the head of U.S. Presbyterian Missions put it on a tour of the Yangtse basin, “they flock to a foreigner and close him in, like ants to a piece of bread.” PEARL BUCK IN CHINA
But when you see a friend really enjoying his money and spending it unselfconsciously on the things he really likes, at the same time inviting others to share in his good fortune, you can't feel envious.
Actually, you should probably just read that whole paragraph, it's almost envious of the wild, sun and sand lifestyle of that rogue devil Hussein.
I think as we are being envious, we should work even harder. We create our future, it doesn't come from luckiness, or speculate and manipulate for self-interest.
MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the Ulysses
Yet to some of us — petty souls, perhaps, and envious — that loud indiscriminating praise of “Robbie Burns” (for so they style you in their Change-house familiarity) has long been ungrateful; and, among the treasures of your songs, we venture to select and even to reject. Letters to Dead Authors
Those who ply the roads to the east, west, south and far north will feel a little envious as they struggle with thickening traffic congestion. Times, Sunday Times
I am envious of people who could do that. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the homespun image it cultivates in its ads, it operates with an arrogance and avarice that would make the multinationals blush and John D. Rockefeller envious.
Britain, meanwhile, is looking at all this with envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
She was almost envious of the tone he'd taken with her mother; he'd sounded almost like a grown-up himself. GOING OUT
Footballers gossip about schemes elsewhere and often cast envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
He could not get over the suddenness of it, and watched them forlornly, gazing enviously at their conferences over the medicine chest, once straightening himself from his search for stones to call longingly: The Emigrant Trail
Her friend opened his eyes and sat up, his mouth hanging wide open and his eyes popping - but he still managed to look good; she was almost envious.
This echo from long ago makes me envious of the pinpoint accuracy with which Reston's paper was delivered.
I became envious of people who did not have acne. Times, Sunday Times
Know that the person of whom you are jealous or envious has done some good deeds in the past and is now reaping the fruit.
They are spiteful, envious, armchair critics. Times, Sunday Times
Continental nations, beset by deep structural problems arising out of their overgenerous welfare states, look enviously at Britain's relatively high economic growth, low unemployment, and rising standard of living.
(Seriously, the little bugger is getting far too close to my Rexona zone) … being the chronically envious type that I am, afflicted by that greenest of the seven deadly sins … Cheeseburger Gothic » The Ladies Blue Room. Or something.
Now and then they would cast envious glances at the empty seats behind them. The Sun
And the Potters chief cast an envious eye at the opposition dugout. The Sun
This makes me feel worthless and I find myself getting envious of couples who talk to each other. Times, Sunday Times
He was already credited with the conquest of Mme. de Nucingen, and for this reason was a conspicuous figure; he caught the envious glances of other young men, and experienced the earliest pleasures of coxcombry. Father Goriot
The cottager whose pearl Colin had come down to inspect, slapped the farmer on the back, and without a trace of enviousness -- for he himself had been lucky -- joined in his delight. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries
When in motion, a kaleidoscope is produced which would make a peacock envious. The Folkloric Ballet (Ballet Folklórico) of Guadalajara, Mexico
A shrewd businessman, he raised his fees to unprecedented heights - and his envious rivals followed his example.
More than one hunter feasted his envious eyes on the great ram's horns - magnificent and unequaled.
Even then, her silent beauty had received admiring appraisals and envious glances.
Minerva's pitiful attempts at music making leave her envious of those with perfect pitch.
Faced with their example, I have often felt both envious and wistful. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
Levin felt envious of this health and mirthfulness; he longed to take part in the expression of this joy of life. Anna Karenina
In doing so, they speak for a layer of money grubbers from the upper middle class, whose principal aim in life is their own self-enrichment, and who are acutely sensitive and envious of any one appearing to do better than themselves.
rather enviously at the mullioned windows, the freshly painted black beams and the white gleaming plaster. A SHRINE OF MURDERS
In those days people were not envious. Times, Sunday Times
He realized that not all the tales of the man's drinking and womanizing achievements were the product of jealous or envious rumour-mongers.
If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. Christianity Today
These persons made up the committee of state, which was reproachfully after called the junto, and enviously then in the Court the Cabinet Council "(" History of the Rebellion, "vol. i., p. 211, edit. Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 59: November 1667
This may strike a modern reader as an envious institution.
The envious look on my fellow competitors' faces reflected my own view: I was going to win this race hands down.
He realized that not all the tales of the man's drinking and womanizing achievements were the product of jealous or envious rumour-mongers.
Housing renovation has all been done by housing agencies, leaving council tenants to cast envious glances.
Six different winners in the opening six races must have most of the F1 grid casting envious eyes towards the results if not the bank balances. Times, Sunday Times
I became envious of people who did not have acne. Times, Sunday Times
Faced with their example, I have often felt both envious and wistful. Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic
I can't help feeling a little envious. Times, Sunday Times
Footballers gossip about schemes elsewhere and often cast envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
His effortless command of audiences would make even the greatest public speaker envious.
Then he is envious, covetous, jealous and mistrustful, timorous, sordid, outwardly dissembling, sluggish, suspicious, stubborn, a condemner of women, a close liar, malicious, murmuring, never contented, ever repining.
As she walked away, talking quietly to her husband, I couldn't help but feel a bit envious.
But when I think of Gibson and Boyce, I don ` t know them, but I also wonder if they interpreted events very negatively, felt diminished, snubbed, enviousness in fact didn ` t motivate some of this as well. CNN Transcript May 1, 2008
Friends will be surprised - and maybe a little envious - to see you together. The Sun
You will not be surprised to hear that I got up the next morning feverish and unrefreshed, and I felt quite envious of Tom when I saw him holding his shortly-cropped bullet head under the spout of the pump in the back yard, waggling the handle awkwardly as he had what he called "a sloosh. The Golden Magnet
The ability of enzymes, at low concentrations, to catalyze specific reactions is enough to make any chemist envious.
Islanders do not openly admire the possessions of others because it suggests that one is envious and covetous.
Footballers gossip about schemes elsewhere and often cast envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
She is jealous and she is envious and she can not stand the thought of losing you.
The film is joyously overpopulated with old biddies envious of Shen in both her old and young edition.
He practices his speech on moral fibre that should land him a scholarship to a prestigious university, while darting envious glances at his partying schoolmates.
I think as we are being envious, we should work even harder. We create our future, it doesn't come from luckiness, or speculate and manipulate for self-interest.
But he is refusing to cast any envious glances towards Spain. The Sun
Although Pamela is the most genealogically minded member of her family, the Dudleys and Underhills do the sorts of things that make genealogists happy—and envious. Shaking the Family Tree
With its pristine white walls and hardwood floors, I was very envious of him and his place.
Dame Gourlay, with two of her contemporaries, the same who assisted at Alice’s late-wake, seated apart upon a flat monument, or “through-stane,” sate enviously comparing the shares which had been allotted to them in dividing the dole. The Bride of Lammermoor
We should have been very sorry if such a "splendiferous" phenomenon had been obscured by envious boa or pelisse, or lost to the proprieties of costume. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844
Some purple people said that green people are envious. Exploring language (6th edn)
The envious and ungrateful do not really want to know the truth, since it would disturb their hatreds.
Footballers gossip about schemes elsewhere and often cast envious eyes. Times, Sunday Times
An envious heart can't be original. Toba Beta
She kept her eyes on me, and repeated with a sort of whimsical enviousness: The Arrow of Gold
As to the Translation it self, as I hope none but envious Criticks will be offended thereat, so I shall endeavour, though briefly, yet fully, to satisfie every impartial and unprejudiced Reader, both as to the Circumstance, and principal Reason inducing me hereunto, which is as follows. The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy
My house is pure, for Menelaus did not die here; go some one now and bid my vassal chiefs bring marriage-offerings to my palace; for the whole earth must re-echo in glad accord the hymn of my wedding with Helen, to make men envious. Helen
The reason I think envy is a mistake is because one who is envious typically underestimates their own worth and also values the wrong things. Envy and Resentment, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I was looking enviously at your plate, wishing I'd had the fish.
“Rakib” = spying, envious rival; “Ghábit” = one emulous without envy; and “Shámit” = a The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
This makes me feel worthless and I find myself getting envious of couples who talk to each other. Times, Sunday Times
I'm very envious of your new coat - it's lovely.
If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. Christianity Today
Everyone looks at you and gives you those admiring and envious glances.
Friends will be surprised - and maybe a little envious - to see you together. The Sun
The Republicans in California and Texas are envious of red states like Alabama, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, ect., whose Republican run governments suck from the teat of the federal government. Think Progress » Gov. Perry wants to bring California’s budget misery to Texas.
For, as Nathalie passed through the long _salons_, she was followed by such a trail of whispers, envious, malicious, amazed, from the women, universally applausive from the men, that the Countess suddenly realized that she held in her hands The Genius
I was particularly envious when her dessert arrived - huge, juicy strawberries dipped in gooey chocolate sauce.
Many managers cast envious looks at the club's resources, but their grass is certainly not greener. Times, Sunday Times
She had always been envious of her cousin's long blond hair.
I am deeply envious, more so since I learned that the show closed today.
I wanted the Merc for some reason - maybe I wanted my friends to be envious - but I didn't need it.
Envious minds in Madrid who fumed at the performances of the galactico last season will be praying for a revolution.
My best friend when I was growing up had three sisters and I was very envious at the easy, relaxed manner he had around girls.
It was their behaviour that defined them as nice or nasty, as forgiving or unforgiving, envious or the reverse.
The fruit of love of God produces peace, compassion, non-enviousness for all beings, and tolerance, to name but a few of by-products. TEXAS FAITH: Has the God-and-candidates connection gone too far? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
He still had the women swooning, the men in the audience casting envious glances and the youngsters in awe.
I feel envious when I see women my own age who are plump, grey-haired and wear spectacles.
Some amongst my friends and acquaintances blatantly said they were envious of my so to speak trouble-free life. Fahad Faruqui: The Accessibility Of Envy On Social Media
People get envious and want to bring them down. The Sun
“About damn time,” Paladin muttered, as he took off running at a speed that would make NASCAR drivers envious. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Jmilb’s Review Forum
You are beginning to discover that some people can be jealous and spiteful and envious.
The ability of enzymes, at low concentrations, to catalyze specific reactions is enough to make any chemist envious.
Envious village elders would instigate whispering campaigns against them, or accuse them directly of witchcraft.
I hoise [22] up Parnell partly to spite the envious Irish folks here, particularly Tom Leigh. The Journal to Stella
He cited the biblical parable of the prodigal son, in which the older sibling is envious of his dissolute brother, whose return home sparks a big party. Greed may not be good for the economy, but envy is worse
It's nothing but enviousness," he said in a lowered tone, which had a stimulating effect upon my wearied hearing. Falk; Amy Foster; To-Morrow
This makes me feel worthless and I find myself getting envious of couples who talk to each other. Times, Sunday Times
Apollinaire said to Bo, We are all a little envious; even the most insignificant marks of favour are begrudged. Audrey Niffenegger | Moths of the New World
Some purple people said that green people are envious. Exploring language (6th edn)
She stroked the rich velvet of the dress enviously.
Those who ply the roads to the east, west, south and far north will feel a little envious as they struggle with thickening traffic congestion. Times, Sunday Times
Last week, Madonna, an assisted blonde, 45-year-old mum-of-two, excelled herself by performing a manoeuvre that looked like upside-down bicycling on stage before thousands of astonished and, it has to be said, envious fans.
I was envious of your smallness, your swayback bum, your simpleness. That Lie
He practices his speech on moral fibre that should land him a scholarship to a prestigious university, while darting envious glances at his partying schoolmates.
He was rash, arrogant and obstinate, contentious, envious and malicious, covetous and corrupt.
It also has a bad side because I am not liked by many people who are jealous and envious of me.
They tell us, also, that Catulus himself alleged this in vindication of his honor, accusing, in various ways, the enviousness of Marius. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
I had lunch with a physicist friend this afternoon and, look, I know very little about physics, but I was totally envious that he gets to spend his days thinking about stuff that not everyone is equipped to think about, and gets to try and solve problems that actually matter to the world (he's doing something with carbon dioxide and turning it into a liquid so that it can be turned into a gas again -- the point being to save the Earth in some way, the details beyond that have escaped me but he used the word hydrogenation a couple of times). Jeremy Blachman's Weblog: 2009
Imagine the envious looks on neighbors faces as the first burst of bulbs, primrose, and pulmonaria gives way to a riot of color as your azaleas and rhodies harmonize with kerria and viburnums.
Avoid the mocking but envious glances of players who actually hit the back of the net. Times, Sunday Times
Of all the prerogatives enjoyed by Queen Victoria, the one, however, of which the kaiser is the most envious is her supremacy of the state Church of England. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe
The Eagle cast an envious eye on the Russian supply centre near the village of Kalantut, some ten miles from his Paghman eyrie. KARA KUSH
As I progressed from envious onlooker at older girls’ weddings to bridesmaid—launching friends through the wedding march to star in white tulle at the altar—I welcomed the inevitability of a coupled future and its foreverness. Living Alone and Loving It
I am envious of people who could do that. Times, Sunday Times
They should mostly be complimentary, of course, but you might get the odd envious remark directed your way.
As a building, Maison Krug disappoints - just a yard, cellar and offices - and I cast envious glances at other champagne houses in Reims, especially Pommery which is a fantastic Disneyland castle with battlemented walls.
So I think there's a spirit of enviousness or perhaps competition. Oral History Interview with Raymond, Eunice, Wayne, and Charles Russell English, December 8, 1999. Interview K-0280. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Avoid the mocking but envious glances of players who actually hit the back of the net. Times, Sunday Times
Her prominent commonplace brown eyes were gazing up the walk, an expression distressingly like envious anger in them. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, Volume I

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