Sentence examples for a bit envious from inspiring English sources

They make us feel wistful, and also a bit envious.

Such shared experiences cut across barriers and it's hard not to feel a bit envious.

Percival conceded that he had been a bit envious of Rivera and wondered how he felt when he closed out the World Series in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Adelaide's transformation by 1841 into a self-assured, robust, worldly woman pleased Fanny; it also left her more than a bit envious.

"To be totally honest now," he writes, "I should ask whether Auden was not a bit envious of me because I had a large penis.

At the same time, I'm a bit envious, wishing that a curling iron burn on a gown was my big problem.

"I was a little bit envious," Mr. Bloomberg recounted at a news conference yesterday.

Collins's announcement, Fox wrote in an e-mail, left her "proud and happy" and a "tad bit envious".

Stewart was frankly admiring of Colbert, I wondered if not even a little bit envious.

The color of the basic logo will be a flat blue known as Pantone 301, but there are a half dozen variants in colors suggested by "the glorious Manhattan skies," said Wordsearch, sounding a little bit envious under the scudding clouds of England.

Generally, other leagues, as well as Fifa and Uefa, are a little bit envious of our success.' That envy was clear for all to see last week when Michel Platini, the Uefa president, gave only lukewarm backing to England's 2018 World Cup bid and spoke disparagingly about English football, its overseas club owners, and the lack of 'home' talent at the top clubs.