envy
noun
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
was envying
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past progressiveof envy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was envying neglect or social ineptitude, he told himself, but the feeling didn't go away.
From Nature ● Aug. 8, 2012
The woman, who lived in our neighbourhood, was envying boxes brimming with dented pots, knives, spoons, forks, broken mirrors and articles of furniture; things which, after being thoroughly cleaned, we would use as housewares.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
But a short time; I was wondering at—ay, Billy, and was envying, too—the concentrated power in which you address yourself to your task.
From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
I wanted to marry the most beautiful woman in the world, to have my name in the newspaper, and to know that everybody was envying me.
From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
"I wonder if it will last," I said to a woman who was envying the fact that I could persuade Aubrey to go out with me whenever I wanted him to.
From At Home with the Jardines by Lilian Bell
