Envying
[enviŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Envy
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Examples
- Many rich people, whom we poor devils are in the habit of envying, lead contentedly an existence like that above described. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I escaped to the shore, and I was a hiding among the graves there, envying them as was in 'em and all over, when I first see my boy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Instead of envying Mr. Rushworth, you should assist him with your opinion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mine is dishes and dusters, and envying girls with nice pianos, and being afraid of people. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was a good long slide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To be familiar and endearing with them all--and so make me mad with envying them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He _had _had the pleasure of seeing the Serjeant, and of envying him too, with all a poor man's envy, for eight years and a quarter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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