envy
noun
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
is envying
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present progressiveof envy (3rd person singular).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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It represented Satan watching our first parents in Paradise, and when he is envying them the happiness he can never enjoy, he is considering how he may the most effectually destroy it.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb
Every man in France is envying the young dragoon officer, Lieutenant Bruyant, who has been given the first Cross of the Legion of Honor in the war.
From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Charles Inman Barnard
"She is envying me my sweetheart again ... who won't let me eat my breakfast."
From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson
"Eugenie is envying her friend—and with good reason."
Thirty sailors from the fleet are going with General Braddock's force, and everyone else is envying their good luck--I among them.
From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
