Object

• anyone: I just envy anyone who can run down my street.

Converse of object

• arouse: They couldn't see that his goodness would arouse such envy.

• excite: We wish to excite the envy of our untraveled friends with our strange foreign fashions which we can't shake off.

• become: The collections soon became the envy of many Museums in the UK.

• feel: Alongside the pain felt by witnessing their pain was a feeling, fleetingly felt, hardly tangible envy.

• do: Dennis Skinner said he did not envy Tony Blair's decision.

Converse of subject

• fuel: The " monster " is fueled by envy and can over time devour the trust and harmony in a relationship.

Modifies a noun

• fuel: Christopher Macgowan: Politics of envy fuel 4x4 hatred Published: 04 July 2006 This is not a joke.

• update: Click Here Tuesday 13th January 2004: Envy Update: The US release date for Envy has changed to 2nd April 2004.

Modifying Another Word

• sometimes: But whilst the rich sometimes envy the simpler life-style of the poor, those who are poor know the difficulties of making ends meet.

• n't: Do n't envy who God made someone else to be.

Noun used with modifier

• penis: Better handling, better brakes and without the whole junior version of penis envy that the Chopper conveyed.

Preposition: of

• world: Britain's museums are the envy of the world.

• rest: The UK had, and continues to have, an accounting profession which is the envy of the rest of the world.

• everyone: Are your diamonds the envy of everyone who sees them?

• club: The numbers would have been the envy of many soccer clubs in the lower divisions.