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• Such jealousy ill becomes her; she can ill afford another gaffe like that.From the entry ill
• Favoritism tends to excite jealousy in the ones not being favored.From the entry excite
• Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.From the entry truth
• In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.From the entry undoing
• Jealousy: It's all the feelings that come over you when you think you're being overlooked by others.2021, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, “What is... jealousy?”, in Let's Talk About It, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry insecurity
• Instead, it brought a large helping of disbelief with a jumbo-sized side order of jealousy.2018, Greg James, Chris Smith, Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes: Kid Normal 2. From the entry side order
• It opens a door for gossip, lying, and jealousy and is a big, fat time-sucker.2011, Gillian M. Henriques, Toshana N. Sledge, Tina Turner, Marcy Bomhak, Hers to Treasure: 100 Devotional/Journal from Sisters in Christ…. From the entry drama llama
• Burakumin created jealousy toward Burakumin among non-Burakumin citizens, sometimes fulminating into claims of counterdiscrimination.2010, June A. Gordon, Challenges to Japanese Education, page 120. From the entry counterdiscrimination
• And what the spirit of uncomradeliness begins, finally ends with the jealousy, envy, and rivalry of lovers.1999, Hubert Kennedy, chapter 8, in The Ideal Gay Man: The Story of Der Kreis, The Haworth Press, Inc., page 168. From the entry uncomradeliness
• But Shedemei had long since grown out of her adolescent jealousy of pulchritudinous girls.1994, Orson Scott Card, The Ships of Earth. From the entry pulchritudinous
• A major component of jealousy, for many people, is the suspicion or resentment of the rival.1992, Ayala Malach Pines, “Romantic Jealousy in Open Relationships”, in Romantic Jealousy: Causes, Symptoms, Cures, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry compersion
• We were constantly hearing he-say she-say from inmates trying to break us up out of sheer jealousy.1986 August 16, Kathy Shena, “First Love Based on $50 Bet”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 5, page 10. From the entry he say, she say
• Witnesses claimed the motive appeared to be romantic jealousy.2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived…. From the entry motive
• If the child's needs are not adequately met in this age, the following traits may develop: pessimism, demandism, frustration and jealousy.2015, Jyotsna Rao, QRS for BDS 4th Year-Community Dentistry, page 186. From the entry demandism
• It was clear that Destiny's kindness to Tep, was cooking up a storm of jealousy and anger inside Sou.2014, Curt Soul, Tep - The Journey Begins, →ISBN. From the entry cook up a storm
• It is no wonder that the unrighteousness I tend toward is the kind that is easily hidden: pride, jealousy, judgeyness.2012, Katie Savage, “Getting It Out”, in Whirlybirds and Ordinary Times: Reflections on Faith and the Changing of Seasons, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry judgeyness
• Why wouldn’t populist jealousy be directed against bankers or CEOs, whose gluttony dwarfs the salaries and perks of any unionized workers?2011 April 9, Ken Lewenza, “Counterpoint: Fury of poor would erupt without unions”, in National Post, volume 13, number 138, Toronto…. From the entry garbage-collector
• This is something identified in open source projects as jalt—the jealousy altruism factor, of whether people get paid differently for participating.2009, Andrew Lih, The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion…. From the entry jalt
• Bad mind and jealousy worse than obeah.2004, The Caribbean Writer, volumes 18-19, page 90. From the entry bad mind
• These include wantokism, jealousy, exorbitant landowner-claims, and a handout mentality.2004, Frederick Errington, Deborah Gewertz, Yali's Question: Sugar, Culture, and History, page 197. From the entry wantokism
• Gannon is looked upon with distrust by a good many members of the Citizens’ Committee—or perhaps it is with jealousy.1958, Oakley Hall, Warlock. From the entry unwashed
• I am growing more and more sick of factions, gossip, jealousies, recriminations, excoriations and the whole literary shee-bang.1924, Harold Hart Crane, letter. From the entry whole shebang
• The other merely needs jealousy and bate, of which there are great and easily accessible reservoirs in every human heart.1911, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The New Machiavelli, London: John Lane; The Bodley Head […], →OCLC. From the entry bate
• And so with one thing and other the auld witch raised the fiends of jealousy in that innocent heart.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide. From the entry wastrel
• Maillotin du Bac seemed determined that, as far as the quality of his favours went, no jealousy should exist between the trencher and the pottlepot.2020(?), George Payne Rainsford James, Mary of Burgundy: The Revolt of Ghent, Library of Alexandria. From the entry pottlepot
• For a week or more the little girl had to be pampered and coddled in a manner that made Bobby quite cross with jealousy.2012, Jessica Stirling, The Wise Child: Book Three. From the entry pettedness
• Despite the egos of individual scientists, the jealousies and the sour grapes, science had worked pretty much the way it was supposed to.2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 2, in Merchants of Doubt. From the entry sour grapes
• In other words, jealousy is actually an intrarelationship control mechanism, potentially providing power over one's partner's interactions with other people, the outside world, and oneself.2010, Meg Barker, Darren Langdridge, Understanding Non-Monogamies. From the entry intrarelationship
• Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.2007 February 25, Sia Michel, “Stephen Marley in Tallahassee, M.I.A. in India and Klaxons on Fire”, in New York Times. From the entry dem
• The disciples were proud, blundersome, quick tempered, forgetful, easily provoked to jealousy, sensitive, and often given to discouragement; but Jesus never condemned or scolded them.2007, Edward John Carnell, A Philosophy of the Christian Religion - Page 436. From the entry blundersome
• In their hands, optology is both effective and lucrative; it arouses no interprofessional jealousies; and the need for it is virtually unlimited.1982, Journal of the American Optometric Association, page 525. From the entry optology
• The aboriginal women are true-bred sisters of Eve, just as modern in their tantrums and loves and jealousies and vanities as their white sisters.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 158. From the entry sister of Eve
• Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry insatiable
• Given the problems (and drama) ignited by jealousy, you can see how compersion can go a long way toward creating a foundation for pleasure and generosity in any relationship.2008, Tristan Taormino, “What Makes an Open Relationship Work?”, in Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, San…. From the entry compersion
• As he looked up at the rim of the hole, faintly limned in the moonlight, he mused that this searching feeling of his was perhaps jealousy.1964, Kōbō Abe [pseudonym; Kimifusa Abe], chapter 30, in E. Dale Saunders, transl., The Woman in the Dunes: Translated from the Japanese…. From the entry limn
• Now the works of the flesh are plain: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.1946, The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Revised Standard Version: Translated from the Greek: […], New York, N.Y.…. From the entry party spirit
• This she saw with a quick darting pang—not a pang of envy exactly, nor yet of jealousy; just a sharp, stabby, little sort of pang, that's all.1933, Irvin S[hrewsbury] Cobb, “Pure and Simple”, in One Way to Stop a Panic, New York, N.Y.: Laugh Club, →OCLC, page 250. From the entry stabby

Meaning of jealousy

1. noun A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
2. noun A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.

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Questions about jealousy in a sentence

How do you use jealousy in a sentence?

Jealousy is used as a noun. For example: “She was mad with jealousy.”

What is a short sentence with jealousy?

“She was mad with jealousy.”

What does jealousy mean?

Jealousy means a state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.