How to use "envy" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "envy" in popular movie and book plots

  • Meanwhile, on the way to prison, the Roman police express their envy that Clouseau is now desired by so many women.  - The Pink Panther (1963 film)
  • Quickly she becomes quite successful and famous and her colleagues begin to envy her.  - Eleven Minutes
  • She did it because Willow murdered a man and remained beloved – crowning Amy's envy of Willow's relatively easy successes in magic.  - The Killer in Me
  • Reassured by his mother that they all envy his easy life at Jon's house, Garfield sadly says goodbye and leaves.  - Garfield on the Town
  • But very soon hidden envy and rivalries erupt.  - Human Resources (film)
  • She accepts, much to the good-natured envy of her roommate Gina.  - The Brides of Dracula
  • Nine months later, Elphaba is born, a girl and not what was expected, green with envy for a mother's love.  - Wicked (Maguire novel)
  • Tortured by envy and guilt, Jocelin finds himself unable to pray.  - The Spire
  • Later she abandons the earplugs during one of Julie's trysts, beginning to envy Julie's lifestyle.  - Swimming Pool (film)
  • The kidnapper reveals that envy from seeing Gondo's house on the hill every day led him to conceive of the crime.  - High and Low (1963 film)
  • The latter expresses her envy of Winifred.  - Alexander's Bridge
  • C-3PO and R2-D2 watch this scene and lament how at times like these, they envy how humans must feel.  - The Unifying Force
  • This leads to Gene starting to think like Finny to try to be a better person and to try to solve some of his envy towards him.  - A Separate Peace
  • (Melville further opines that envy is "universally felt to be more shameful than even felonious crime".  - Billy Budd
  • Yukino Miyazawa is a Japanese high school first-year student who is the envy of classmates for her good grades and immaculate appearance.  - Kare Kano
  • Dudley tells the bishop it is rare for an angel to envy a mortal.  - The Bishop's Wife

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