Example Sentences

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I might have envied him a little, as someone who had found a career that mixed his rowdy side with his ambition and intellect, who had truly found his element.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

President Obama’s Cold War predecessors would have envied the quality of intelligence available to him at this time.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020

All of their stories are told with a serene, sly confidence that the Grimms themselves might have envied.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2016

The reach of this distribution system is one that pre-digital presidents might have envied; one can imagine Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan putting it to effective use.

From US News • Oct. 20, 2016

Rosaleen, however, downed hers so fast she let out a belch that the boys in my old junior high would have envied.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd