'envy' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'envy' with 11 example sentences.
- envy noun
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: a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
: spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- envy verb
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: feel envious towards; admire enviously
: be envious of; set one's heart on
Envious people die, but envy never does.
He's turned green with envy.
I have to say I envy you.
I want everyone to envy me.
He was the envy of his friends.
They all envied my new car.
Do you envy your neighbors?
The neighbor woman nearly died of envy.
I envied his new house.
I can't say I envy you for being a rat.
What I don't know I don't envy.