Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her.
This man is envious of me, Tengo began to think at a certain point.
Her younger sister, world number one Serena, sounds almost envious of Venus' ability to keep her emotions in check.
The likes of Hatton and Witter - they'll all be envious of that.
The Mineiros, always envious of their coastal neighbours' proximity to the ocean, must be truly exultant with the gift.
Israelis are openly envious of the American political process that produced President Obama.
Any other sports league might be envious of the NFL attendance figures over the past few years, despite declining numbers.
Studying the records on the train, Richards became even more envious of Jagger when he heard that he had actually seen Buddy Holly live in concert.
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The implication of envy never being experienced in isolation is that telling somebody who is envious of you that they are envious of you has no positive value whatsoever.
They adopt a different idiom, oriented toward people in businesses, churches, constabularies and intact families, rather than toward single mothers, academics envious of others' success, union members, government workers, criminals and professional Greens or grievance groups.
Fellow Ohioan Dick Mastin, 73, a retired corporate pilot, admits he was "always envious" of Mr. Miller's Stuart and jumped at the chance to buy it.
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When the students in the band donned white Navy-like band uniforms and marched out, the envious eyes of the student body followed every move they made.
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Nissan isn't the only marketer trying to optimize its ad buys, but company execs say rivals are envious enough of Nissan's work to ask if they can benchmark it.
For a country with an envious unemployment rate of 4.9%, it seemed an odd change in priorities.
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In other words, don't be envious: Some of Bill Gates' money will rub off on the rest of us.
On top of all that, a wave of envious rivals with copycat products is quickly appearing on the scene.
Analysts and market participants have long said the Merc has the most envious competitive position of all, with its dominance in the growing business of derivatives trading.
In the research, one group of subjects was primed to feel envy by writing about their own prior experiences of feeling envious.
Earlier, Mr Berlusconi had attacked his left-wing opponents, accusing them of having an envious attitude towards the country's hardworking, entrepreneurial class.
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She had been feeling envious for a long time of the higher life of the state, where there was now heroism, renown, and vigor, and where the youth and strength of an old woman, vainly expended in deprivation and horror in the old days, were in demand again.
And the proportions were what got him in trouble with demons, who he believed to be guardians of measurement, made envious by his consummate artistry.
Such are the envious thoughts that run through the heads of pols and bureaucrats.
As large investors are able to lock in their investment earlier than the average investor, it creates an air of exclusivity of which people may be envious.
One effect has been to make Ireland less envious, and perhaps less covetous, of Northern Ireland, which in the past has always been regarded as the rich neighbour.
The cynical or the socially envious will take that to mean a feeling of protection from the hoi polloi, including the many of us who drive feeble regular cars.
It is easy to imagine the sight of it driving Mark Rothko into an envious rage.
This is not a sermon or a sales pitch, but a story about a place as inspiring as it is disturbing, where greed has raped a people of their material resources and dignity but where brilliantly applied generosity has created hope and enterprise of which Fortune 500 companies would be envious.
The strollers were inspired by Missuka, one of the Kings' cats, who became envious when Lise walked Carcher, their other cat, who was harness-trained.
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