Sentence examples for envy from inspiring English sources

In the 70s it was said the politics of envy was futile, as sharing out the pelf of the rich yielded too little to be worth the fight.

Malignant narcissists, though devoured by envy and rage, can still idealise powerful figures whose beliefs conveniently justify the destruction of those they denigrate, says Kernberg.

It is regret when other mothers say they breastfed for longer, envy when other mothers' babies slept through the night from six weeks, and – for me – sadness when you can't see your child half the time because you have 50 50 shared residency.

Our climate, our land, our people, our institutions rightly make us the envy of the earth; except for one thing – we have never fully made peace with the first Australians.

At the peak of the Irish economic boom in 2007, lawyer and investor Brian O'Donnell had an empire that was the envy of his contemporaries.

Did they envy us sitting up there with our tumblers of table wine from a hole-in-the-wall shop around the corner where staff filled our empty one-litre water bottles from a wooden barrel for two euros?

You want us to look even blander?" Attacking young girls for visible signs of sexuality and self-expression is cruel and destructive, and notoriously born of envy.