ENVY in Classic Quotes

Simple words can express big ideas - learn how great writers to make beautiful sentences with common words.
Quotes from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Search Panel
Word:
You may input your word or phrase.
Author:
Book:
 
Stems:
If search object is a contraction or phrase, it'll be ignored.
Sort by:
Each search starts from the first page. Its result is limited to the first 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.
Common Search Words
 Current Search - envy in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1  The Cadets paraded in a style calculated to kill the late member with envy.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
2  The other pirates envied him this majestic vice, and secretly resolved to acquire it shortly.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  Jeff Thatcher immediately went forward, to be familiar with the great man and be envied by the school.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  Boys of his own size pretended not to know he had been away at all; but they were consuming with envy, nevertheless.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  Tom was like the rest of the respectable boys, in that he envied Huckleberry his gaudy outcast condition, and was under strict orders not to play with him.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
6  As Tom wended to school after breakfast, he was the envy of every boy he met because the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
7  Old Hundred swelled up with a triumphant burst, and while it shook the rafters Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest moment of his life.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  It seemed to him that life was but a trouble, at best, and he more than half envied Jimmy Hodges, so lately released; it must be very peaceful, he thought, to lie and slumber and dream forever and ever, with the wind whispering through the trees and caressing the grass and the flowers over the grave, and nothing to bother and grieve about, ever any more.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Here was a gorgeous triumph; they were missed; they were mourned; hearts were breaking on their account; tears were being shed; accusing memories of unkindness to these poor lost lads were rising up, and unavailing regrets and remorse were being indulged; and best of all, the departed were the talk of the whole town, and the envy of all the boys, as far as this dazzling notoriety was concerned.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV