envy
noun
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
are envying
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present progressiveof envy.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You are envying a bum: Has it come to this, at last?
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 27, 2015
Looking round the table I can see four girls at least who are envying you from the bottom of their hearts.
From The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
"I suppose some of them are envying me," he thought to himself, with a smile.
From The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus by Horatio Alger
We all suppose our trials to be exceptional, and the chances are that the people we are envying are envying us.
From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
THE most uncomfortable thing about being married is that you can never tell whether your friends are envying you or pitying you.
From Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland
