Example sentences for: jealously

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

  • The town, settled by refugees from the American Revolution in 1792 and briefly capital of Upper Canada, jealously preserves an image of a “British” way of life revisited by North American nostalgia.

  • When Dan, a white colleague in Kalima's lab who is also her boyfriend, hears that Preston has chosen Kalima to appear with her on television, he jealously accuses her of benefiting from preferential treatment.

  • The national tourist office is also helpful, but in Canada the provinces jealously protect their prerogatives against the federal government, and maintain their own tourist offices that can give you detailed information about resorts, accommodations, camping, and sports facilities.

  • Hoover jealously guarded the FBI's domestic portfolio against all rivals.


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