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.