How to Use jealous in a Sentence

jealous

adjective
  • He was in a jealous rage.
  • His success has made some of his old friends jealous.
  • She became very jealous whenever he talked to other women.
  • There is no chance my boyfriend is jealous of his friend in any way.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The sparkle in your eye is so bright, the sun and stars must be jealous.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2022
  • My sons are going to be very jealous.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Those who like feet will be jealous of rivals with one to two pairs.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Stokes, her child’s father, was jealous.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And all the other kids are going to be jealous of your nephew.
    — Felipe Torres Medina, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Get ready for a yacht that even James Bond would be jealous of.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • How can anybody be that jealous and what causes it?
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Why get jealous of someone that goes through the same pitfalls as you?
    — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • Snow White would be jealous of, and a sparkly pair of black pants.
    — Lauren Puckett, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Is Twyla a black girl jealous of a white mother who brought more food?
    — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2022
  • How can anybody be that jealous, and what causes it?
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • After all, someone must be jealous of one of them, to send this note.
    — Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Some of them may also be jealous or closed-minded.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Have fun booking those flights—the rest of the world is a little bit jealous.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Every kid would look at me pretty jealous.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Part of me is jealous—not of her collection, which is, ahem, not to my taste.
    — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
  • When working in great kitchens, there’s always the jealous guy, the hater.
    — Bon Appétit, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The chair will make all the other arm chairs jealous with its modern look and stylish cane arms!
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Some dogs may be jealous of the litter, while others who want to play may be too rough with them.
    — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • My mother had a Siamese cat who was jealous of the new arrival.
    — Celia Paul, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • But Aaron Nola is on a roll that would make any of them jealous.
    — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The woman at the clinic told them the man gets jealous and hits her sometimes.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 28 July 2011
  • To go on destruction sprees that would make the Hulk jealous, of course!
    — Wired, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Secrets is rather jealous of her stay in Pakistan.
    — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
  • And boy, won’t the rest of that 60-Homer Club be jealous?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Should conflict arise from a jealous onlooker, pay them no heed.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026

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