Example sentences for: envied

How can you use “envied” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • G. Number of Americans who envied those dozing through a Kevin Costner movie.

  • Petrocelli told Dateline NBC that 1) interviews with Simpson's associates always led back to Allen; 2) Simpson envied Allen for staying healthy and enjoying a longer football career than he did; 3) Nicole Brown Simpson had often used Allen to rile O.J.; and 4) her affair with Allen "made Simpson snap."

  • He is, of course, envied and distrusted by the locals, who feel he should somehow "give more back to the community."

  • The whole display vividly depicts what men have envied for so long.

  • A Mexican middle class ran some of the largest businesses, held political offices, became artists or intellectuals, funded private and public education, and created a prosperous Mexican society envied by other communities of the Southwest, with elegant theaters like the Teatro Carmen and Spanish-language newspapers.


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