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Recent Examples of envious The two strike up a bromance that then keels over to one side because Craig is socially inept and, in the end, envious, qualities that fuel inappropriate interactions that get ever more cringey after a disastrous bro-out session with Austin’s friends. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2025 Which is to say, Gunn is in the envious position of having plenty of different approaches to look at and figure out what worked, what didn’t work, and how to cherrypick the best perspectives and approaches and influences to create something new and yet honoring the legacy of what came before. Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Other American allies must be impressed and envious. David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025 As their terrestrial cousins emerge onto land and risk desiccation, the axolotl remains in its aquatic stronghold, equipped with both juvenile features and regenerative powers that would make most vertebrates envious. Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for envious
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jealous
Adjective
  • Some dogs may be jealous of the litter, while others who want to play may be too rough with them.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • These two have always been uneasy allies, each jealous of the other’s relationship with Mikey, each convinced the other is somehow more comfortable among all the biological and adopted Berzattos, each incapable of giving a proper apology to the other one.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2025

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“Envious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envious. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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