Sentence examples for inciting envy from inspiring English sources

In the title story the heroine wins the American visa lottery, inciting envy on the part of friends and relatives, who say she will soon have "a big car" and "a big house".

The pictures are, of course, intended to incite envy.

"I keep this room empty to incite envy".

The gift, now estimated to be worth $200 million, not only raised eyebrows, but also incited envy among small poetry presses, organizations and magazines.

I mention it not to incite envy, but to reinforce my oft-repeated feeling in this campaign that Cameron's "big society" vision is rooted in small, comfortably homogenous communities.

Multimillion-dollar fortunes can purchase a number of items that incite envy among peers, but vineyards like Rocky Oaks occupy a special niche: They've been conferring status for centuries.

In the small world of people who keep up with contemporary poetry, Anne Carson, a Canadian professor of classics, has been cutting a large swath, inciting both envy and admiration.

At a BMW reunion, the S 1000 RR would incite sibling envy.

The presence of an MTV show, with its multiple camera crews and its ebullient camera hogs, incites the envy and the scorn of townies.

Never stay too long at the centre of attention as it may incite the envy of less patient characters, take your time in the light and then kindly step aside.

Barely a day goes by when proponents of greater taxation, universal income and other initiatives aimed at addressing systematic inequality are not accused of inciting the "politics of envy".