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Example sentences for: envious

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

Marc Scorca, the president of Opera America, says that the more he learns about the European system, the less envious of it he is.
Matisse, envious of Picasso's success, tried to ignore him until the 1930s when he needed Picasso's influence to bring himself out of an artistic funk.
They were all envious, or pretended to be, which was just as gratifying.
If a person covets or is envious of a child he or she may give that child the evil eye.
Edwards' book delights in quoting envious encomia from the enemy camp.