express envy

Frequency: 5.03.0 per million words

to show or state one's feeling of envy

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Examples (10)

  • He didn't hesitate to express his envy of my new car.
  • Through a sarcastic comment, she managed to express her envy without saying it directly.
  • Many people have expressed their envy over her seemingly perfect life on social media.
  • Is it ever appropriate to express envy towards a colleague's success at work?
  • She was careful not to express any envy, despite feeling it strongly when her friend won the lottery.
  • The therapist helped him understand why he felt the need to express envy so aggressively.
  • In his poems, the author often expressed a deep envy for the freedom of birds.
  • Children often express envy in very direct and honest ways.
  • He would only express his envy privately to his closest friends.
  • Expressing envy openly can sometimes damage relationships.