envy
noun
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
will envy
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future tenseof envy.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But on the plus side, the club are currently operating with a model most EFL clubs will envy.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Many teams will envy England’s attacking options, though there’s still a big dependency on striker Harry Kane.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
Readers will envy Remy’s smart eyeglasses that allow him to ferret out the most obscure information from his environment.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2021
As he probes our planet’s youth, three billion years ago, many will envy him.
From Nature ● Feb. 5, 2018
Yet long her modesty those charms concealed, 'Till by men's envy to the world revealed; For wits industrious to their trouble seem, And needs will envy what they must esteem.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Alexander Pope
