envy
noun
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
had envied
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past perfectof envy.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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According to The Post, Sondland had envied some of his rich friends who’d been given ambassadorships in the past, and coveted one of his own.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
One of the writers told me later that the general prison population had envied the workshops and gone to the presentation with the intention of spoiling it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2010
In the past, we had envied our more financially blessed citizens for their expensive art objects.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He invited me to feel his biceps,” Churchill recalled, “saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
As a child she had envied the flowers for their beauty--and now she knew that she herself was beautiful.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various
