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
I believe I’ve heard you say that his work was all wasted, but now everybody is envying him his success.
From Wunpost by Dane Coolidge
However, every girl in London is envying her.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
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
"Eugenie is envying her friend—and with good reason."
