How to Use envious in a Sentence

envious

adjective

• The rest of the publishing world should be fifty shades of envious.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2021
• All five of us girls grew up envious of the privileges the boys had.
  — Caterina Clerici & Eléonore Hamelin, Marie Claire, 1 Feb. 2019
• Most school districts in the Bay Area would be envious.
  — Mercury News Editorial, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Marketers of the past would be envious of the wealth of data available.
  — Charlie Grinnell, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• Some of the teeth of the comb were envious of human class differences.
  — Bradley Babendir, New Republic, 10 July 2017
• Wanda has cast, the one that even makes Agatha envious?
  — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
• Our friends around the country would have been so envious.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• The first group is small and powerful; the second is large and envious.
  — David Von Drehle, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• Don’t be envious of any reporter assigned to the event.
  — vanityfair.com, 15 Mar. 2017
• One things is for sure, the judges aren't envious of America's job.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
• For having a job that even makes the One-Percenters envious.
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
• Mary Beth had the most beautiful and envious handwriting, a skill that was honed with the help of the Sisters at the Mount!
  — courant.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• Of course, having one of the most iconic pieces in her wardrobe would have any of her fans feeling envious.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
• Was your phone blowing up from friends and envious peers?
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 15 May 2024
• Palmieri has played with each for nearly a decade but isn’t envious of their success.
  — Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• Then this other part of me was envious of that freedom.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
• While San Diego gets lots of credit for its supply, few are envious of our costs.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Scott Anders A: My late dad and fishing lover would have been so envious.
  — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019
• Like birds of prey being tamed by a falconer, the envious have their eyes sewn shut.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• The Orioles won 101 games last year with a core of young players that could make any franchise envious.
  — Noah Trister, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
• In games against Maryland last season, head coach Ben Johnson was envious of the Terps’ depth.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
• But that hasn't stopped him from being envious of Styles' success.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
• Though Kevin Durant is now on the Nets, the Warriors boast a depth that would have made those dynastic teams envious.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2022
• Farther along two sailors had their backs turned to the view and were watching with envious looks a boy and girl who were giggling and horsing around.
  — John Dos Passos, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
• So what was on the menu that had Dunkin’ loyalists feeling so envious?
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• Fellow trainers grumbled but declined to go on the record so as not to look envious.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• But in some corners of the city, residents were envious.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2021
• Bernice King, the youngest, was once envious of her siblings, who had many more memories of King.
  — Errin Haines Whack, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• The Warriors’ efforts Wednesday revived the old rumblings from around the envious league that the Warriors are soft.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022
• Although Andy Cohen thought the actor might have felt envious of his twin's project, Dylan felt the exact opposite.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024