Sentence examples for particular envy from inspiring English sources

But despite 75% of Canadians living 100 miles (or fewer) from our northern border, they're proud of their distinctly non-American national identity and don't regard us with particular envy – ever, not only when we're in dire circumstances.

"She harbored particular envy for rich people who could afford mental hospitals — how relaxing that sounded!" Her sole mindless task is to rubber-stamp "extraordinary" claims (like that of an elderly woman requesting home health care visits) with the word "no".

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Is there a particular design you envy, or covet?

In fact, under particular conditions, episodic envy can even lead to constructive results (Cohen-Charash, 2009).

Philosophers in particular can suffer from lab-coat envy.

It's a particular industry filled with so much envy, jealousy.

In particular, social-comparison jealousy, which involves being envied by others and feeling envy toward others, is reportedly one major factor leading to suicide.

When an individual "envies" another in this particular sense, he simply prefer the other's consumption to his own, but no feeling is involved (he might even not be aware of the existence of the other individual).

"I didn't envy the commissioner in this particular case," Cone said.

Asked if there is a particular part of McIlroy's game he envies, Spieth responded: "Sure, I wish I could hit it as far as he does.