Sentence examples for less envious from inspiring English sources

But it had the Green Party feeling a lot less envious and the Libertarians feeling, well, liberated.

But one of the few compensations of middle-age is that you become less envious of your more celebrated friends.

It stands to reason, then, that as the genre's place in the cultural firmament grows more secure its advocates will grow less envious of poetry's allegedly exalted status.

If the wealthy, powerful and glamorous in our increasingly unequal society put their money (about £300) where their mouths are, and drove around in modest, charming cars like Monty, instead of flaunting and squandering their cash on Porsche 4x4s and suchlike, the young and poor would feel less envious and less desperate for "respect".

That makes me feel somewhat less envious, since I already own a Mavic Pro.

Grateful individuals place less importance on material goods; they are less likely to judge their own and others success in terms of possessions accumulated; they are less envious of others; and are more likely to share their possessions with others relative to less grateful persons.

"What I did mainly was protect George and his copy from legions of less talented and envious staff," she tells Aldrich or one of his many collaborators on this "literary party," as Aldrich puts it.

Those two transformed the building for one show after another, miraculously, in ways that made other, poorer or less venturesome museums envious and critics sometimes question whether Mr. Brown was sacrificing substance to style.

This rationale is less persuasive if envious concerns are universal in human nature.

Sadly for the envious and less well- paid, money really can buy happiness, says Professor Andrew Oswald, a psychologist at Warwick University who has studied the links between bank balances and emotions.

There is less and less reason to feel envious or jealous of others and more reasons to look to the future with optimism.