How do you use Envying in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Envying meaning
present participle and gerund of envy
Using Envying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of envy
- In the example corpus, envying often appears in combinations such as: envying their.
Context around Envying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Envying
- In this selection, "envying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stop, others and online stand out and add context to how "envying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include labeling and envying others is and on them envying their happiness. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "envying" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with envying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I thought maybe I should stop envying their victory and celebrate my victory. (13 words)
She noted that a lot of fans are doing better than the person they are envying online. (17 words)
Yolande is one evening to discover Mona and a boyfriend asleep in this property, having broken in. She doesn’t inform on them, envying their happiness. (26 words)
In short, their confessions show that investigating, understanding, labeling, and envying others is far easier than self-reflection (not too surprising, considering they were raised by Batman). (27 words)
Yolande is one evening to discover Mona and a boyfriend asleep in this property, having broken in. She doesn’t inform on them, envying their happiness. (26 words)
She noted that a lot of fans are doing better than the person they are envying online. (17 words)
Example sentences (4)
I thought maybe I should stop envying their victory and celebrate my victory.
In short, their confessions show that investigating, understanding, labeling, and envying others is far easier than self-reflection (not too surprising, considering they were raised by Batman).
She noted that a lot of fans are doing better than the person they are envying online.
Yolande is one evening to discover Mona and a boyfriend asleep in this property, having broken in. She doesn’t inform on them, envying their happiness.
Common combinations with envying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: