CONTENTMENT in a Sentence
Learn CONTENTMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
284 example sentences for CONTENTMENT, such as:
1. Stretched his arm in contentment.
2. He attained a good old age and died content.
3. Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
4. Despite its very low fat content, it is deliciously creamy.
5. But it was the contentment of the lost hunter stopping to rest.
2. He attained a good old age and died content.
3. Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
4. Despite its very low fat content, it is deliciously creamy.
5. But it was the contentment of the lost hunter stopping to rest.
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Meanings and Examples of CONTENTMENT
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contentment
n. happiness with one's situation in life
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 They were biology and mystery; their speech was slang phrases and flares of poetry; their silences were contentment, or shaky crises when his arm took her shoulder.
2 I'm trying to develop my own large capacity for dullness and contentment.
3 But it was the contentment of the lost hunter stopping to rest.
4 It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.
5 the contentment of the quiet dead, who are scornful of the living for their restless walking.
6 She liked the smell of hot earth and clean grease; and the leisurely chug-a-chug, chug-a-chug of the trucks was a song of contentment in the sun.
7 His droll expression seemed to say that he had found the secret of contentment.
8 I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness.
9 He seemed to see fully the pressing necessity of setting aside my intellectual nature, in order to contentment in slavery.
10 I had always known that vengeance would be sweet, but I had never hoped for the contentment of soul which now possessed me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
11 Stretched his arm in contentment.
12 The men appeared to her all coarse, the women all pert, everybody underbred; and she gave as little contentment as she received from introductions either to old or new acquaintance.
13 Elizabeth did not quite equal her father in personal contentment.
14 Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life and my endeavours for contentment.
15 Some more of the Careys came to dinner, and they had the pleasure of sitting down nearly twenty to table, which Sir John observed with great contentment.
Example Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1 But there was something decidedly strange in the paroxysm of emotion which had suddenly seized him when he was in the act of expressing the present contentment of his mood
2 When the last crisp slice of bacon was gone, the boys stretched themselves out on the grass, filled with contentment.
3 He had finished gouging out a cob, and now he fitted a weed stem to it, loaded it with tobacco, and was pressing a coal to the charge and blowing a cloud of fragrant smoke -- he was in the full bloom of luxurious contentment.
4 Congratulations to you both and may the years ahead bring you continued joy and contentment.
5 I cannot describe the feeling of contentment that was with me at that time.
6 At New Year and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world, and contentment and joy fill your days.
7 He attained a good old age and died content.
8 Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
9 I understand you have called content, and you don't understand is that I cherish.
10 I understand you have called content, and you don't understand is th.
11 If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics.
12 The government should issue clear guidelines on the content of religious education.
13 When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
14 Go through your shopping list with a critical eye for foods with a high fat content.
15 Despite its very low fat content, it is deliciously creamy.