Sentence examples for quite envious from inspiring English sources

Bev: I suppose I'm quite envious of Lizzie following her dream.

I became quite envious of this state of mind and the focus that the runners expressed.

"Even if they don't win the game the employees still get a new set of underclothes, and this makes the state workers quite envious.

It is sited on the campus of the University of East Anglia – I feel quite envious of the students who live so close by.

"As a teacher he was quite envious of anyone who had contact with all the writers and novelists working in the Irish press," says Walsh. "Later he was a source of great admiration for the rest of us.

We're quite envious because our idea of being a multi-tasker only stretches as far as looking at Twitter while passively watching a documentary about people who are really into composting.

She probably isn't feeling quite as envious now.

I got quite angry and envious at times.

We always notice quite a few envious glances on the 7.34 train.

If you want to send up vacuous, stupid people who divide the world into A, B and C-list invitees, then you have to strive not to sound quite so admiring and envious of them.

The attention that The New Yorker paid to Fitzgerald and his work was sometimes envious, sometimes admiring, sometimes quite entertaining, and sometimes sadly dismissive, considering both the source and the author.