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.
• The sparkle in your eye is so bright, the sun and stars must be jealous.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2022
• The Duchess’s soul is, at first, jealous of the exchanges between the souls of the Duke and the Empress.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• Get ready for a yacht that even James Bond would be jealous of.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
• And even the Tune Squad might get a little jealous, too.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 12 June 2021
• Everyone here in the States was so jealous of the Yaris GR.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 1 Apr. 2022
• Snow White would be jealous of, and a sparkly pair of black pants.
  — Lauren Puckett, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
• Have fun booking those flights—the rest of the world is a little bit jealous.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2024
• There is no chance my boyfriend is jealous of his friend in any way.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022
• And all the other kids are going to be jealous of your nephew.
  — Felipe Torres Medina, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
• The bridge would make Taylor Swift, queen of bridges, jealous—or proud.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 24 May 2021
• When working in great kitchens, there’s always the jealous guy, the hater.
  — Bon Appétit, 4 Dec. 2019
• Is Twyla a black girl jealous of a white mother who brought more food?
  — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2022
• My husband’s girls are very jealous of me and my girls.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• Those who like feet will be jealous of rivals with one to two pairs.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2022
• The dreamy way that Iris talked about what should have been horror made Reese jealous.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 25 Jan. 2021
• My mother had a Siamese cat who was jealous of the new arrival.
  — Celia Paul, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Ever since then, people have been jealous and the Deep Block has been out to get me.
  — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• Cody Rhodes admitted to being one of the jealous boys on the back during The Shield’s run.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Part of me is jealous—not of her collection, which is, ahem, not to my taste.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022
• Dear Amy: My girlfriend is very jealous, and doesn’t see it!
  — Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2020
• Why get jealous of someone that goes through the same pitfalls as you?
  — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 7 May 2021
• Here's where to go to get your Kusama fix (and make all of your followers jealous) in 2020.
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2019
• But don’t be too jealous — the hotel has decided to open the job once again for 2023.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2023
• After all, someone must be jealous of one of them, to send this note.
  — Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• The girls are getting eaten alive by plankton, their hands are making actual prunes jealous, and a snake starts swimming in circles around them.
  — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
• His explanation was that Alice was jealous of their relationship, but Andrea and Jenny suspect that this was not the real reason.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Jan 2025