How To Use Contented In A Sentence

At the end, instead of a fat lady singing, we get a thinner but happier Watt contentedly crooning about how great it is to be alive.
And its world was a narrow swamp, a grey, nubiferous environment, where it lived its contented, active, idyllic, almost mindless existence. The Voyage of the Space Beagle
The former, namely, covetoufnefs, is a very mean and fordid palTion — refllefs, im - patient — and never contented With its A a prefent Sermons on practical subjects
Around me the room was pleasantly dark, rolling in drunken contentedness.
I contented myself with merely trying to become a migrant worker, a plan that fizzled because nobody in my family would advance me the cash necessary to go out west and meet my fellow migrants.

One day he announced that he was "discontented" once more, and should remain so till he had "found a hose-in-hose. Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden
And pachinko is a national obsession, the parlours offering gaudy arrays of noisy pinball machines where many Japanese contentedly gamble the hours away.
And when thou hast done it, to let me understand what he saith, that I may dye the more contentedly, and disburdened of so heavy an oppression, the onely comfort to a parting spirit: and so she ceased, her teares flowing forth abundantly. The Decameron
Rue fumed silently as he hummed contentedly and she watched him closely, studying his movements and actions.
Bernice lay contentedly at the edge of a sand embankment white as driven snow, her chin cupped in her hands, watching half a dozen or more mullets drift and swing in the limpid clear water below. The Mystery at Number Six
Murti is a misreading for apurti or discontentedness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Instead, the filmmakers contented themselves with piling on more of the same tired war movie folderol.
He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter.
Union members are not only discontented with the increase on offer but also the pay differential between staff and to the proposal that any pay increase be backdated only to May 1.
The official corruption discontented the people.
Martin contented himself by picturing his brother-in-law's surprise on Sunday morning when he opened his EXAMINER and saw the article on the treasure-hunters. Chapter 9
On the other hand … happiness, contentedness and serenity fill me with the desire t0 love life and live it to the max … this is best achieved in the real world with real people … and writing about that seems dull by comparison. The pages are still blank « Write Anything
Around others at the wharves was the cheery hum of contented labor. War-time sketches : historical and otherwise,
That's how you know you're totally contented with another person, when you don't need to fill the void with unnecessary babble.
It was a mellow sneeze from a nose at peace with itself, contented as the coo of a pigeon.
It all sounds rather blissful in a contented, domestic way that would have seemed unimaginable some years ago.
‘Now this is the life,’ she mumbled contented with the flowing music.
If there is a God I hope that he takes me first then I can go with a contented mind knowing that she did not suffer this dreadful disease any longer.
Horace Greeley, editor of the "New York Tribune," the leading Republican journal of the North, contented himself with referring to Brown and his followers as "mistaken men," but added that he would "not by one reproachful word disturb the bloody shrouds wherein John Brown and his compatriots are sleeping. The end of an era,
Tired and discontented housewives found their vague sorrows and vaguer longings were only the result of their "unregenerate" state; the lazy country youths felt that the frustration of their small ambitions lay in their not being Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
The 18th minute, because assigns a penalty discontentedly to the president of the jury, Tan Wangsong obtains this competition's 2nd yellow card to punish enters the stage.
When very young, the cubs cry when afraid and hum when contented.
These changes provoked the anger of William Cobbett, who wished to return to a golden age when England was still a land of prosperous yeomen farmers and contented cottagers.
After some weeks of care, this wild animal became a fat, contented Surrey mouser.
The myth of happy and contented animals down on the farm is now far from the truth.
Their reference is to the middle-class norm of the discontented housewife.
Some living with Morgellons become so discontented, they channel frustration toward the one person they can associate with the disease.
She never paid the sixpence, though she lost, but contented herself by abusing Mary all day, and said I was a poor-spirited sneak for not instantly horsewhipping Mr. P. The Great Hoggarty Diamond
But I believe I catch your drift: another contented arrogation, another sneer. The Volokh Conspiracy » 13 States File Suit Against Health Care Reform
A discontented student body frequently boycotted classes over various grievances, such as discriminatory practices in medicine.
Was it that blufliing ribband, which is now the perpetual ornament of your perfon? or was it that regiment, wliich you afterwards (a thing unprece - dented among foldiers) fold to Colonel Gifborne? or was it that government, the full pay of which. you arc contented to hold, with the half-pay of an Iri (h Colonel? The genuine letters of Junius
SUE Millington looks every bit the contented mum as she plays happily with her sons.
She ate her dinner quite contentedly, and was just going to settle down comfortably to some thrilling tale of adventure when Br -- r-- r! went the bell, and she knew her fate had descended upon her. The Governess
Now she seems entirely contented with her life. Times, Sunday Times
The position presented may look like a quest for spirituality shaped by a mixture of scientific secularism, Buddhist contentedness, and American Puritan self-control and self-leadership.
he relaxed in sleepy contentedness
For lack of a better name, scientists contented themselves with what had been called magic since the beginning of time.
Even the timorous Lord Mayor, who was summoned that night before the Privy Council to answer for his conduct, came back contented; observing to all his friends that he had got off very well with a reprimand, and repeating with huge satisfaction his memorable defence before the Council, ‘that such was his temerity, he thought death would have been his portion.’ Barnaby Rudge
Slinking back into his chair, Moby takes another deep breath and allows himself a small and somewhat contented smile.
I am contented with my fortunes, spectator e longinquo, and love Neptunum procul a terra spectare furentem: he is ambitious, and not satisfied with his: but what [3944] gets he by it? to have all his life laid open, his reproaches seen: not one of a thousand but he hath done more worthy of dispraise and animadversion than commendation; no better means to help this than to be private. Anatomy of Melancholy
Getting a handle on that has helped make me a more contented man than I was ten or 20 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
The air of contented shrewdness was all the more of a merit.
It all sounds rather blissful in a contented, domestic way that would have seemed unimaginable some years ago.
A resident of Canada, married to an army major, she has contented herself with raising six children.
Our own Product, in a cleanly wholsome manner, contented our Appetites; such as serv'd the Conveniency of Life, not superfluous Luxury. A Patch-Work Screen for the Ladies
The world is chockful of people who have lived happy, contented lives and who have made a deep impact on the arts.
We can perform contentedly on stage, and are well-received by the audiences, who normally go hysterical upon hearing the intro.
This type is not necessarily that of a woman whose daughter has married, but the type of a depressed woman of about fifty, aboulic, discontented with herself and others, domineering, and jealous, because she suffers from the mania of being loved though she is incapable of acquiring any one's affection. A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921
It is better to sit down in a modest ignorance, and rest contented with the natural blessing of our own reasons, than by the uncertain knowledge of this life with sweat and vexation, which death gives every fool gratis, and is an accessary of our glorification. Religio Medici
She's a contented creeter, my pretty," the old woman said to Ruth. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands
Here, in highly compelling fashion, the social convenience of the contented replaces the clearly visible reality.
We are conscious too of where we stand on the scale of contentedness or satisfaction or fulfilment or plain happiness.
We all heave a semi-contented sigh and say to ourselves: ‘At least he isn't playing.’
She made me who I am now - a woman who has principles in life and who feels contented with what she has.
Their reference is to the middle-class norm of the discontented housewife.
The pigs were grunting contentedly as they ate their food.
And though I love the bloated contentedness created by gorging on a meal packed with spices, fat and carbohydrates, this was not to be the highlight of the evening.
How would they take to being uprooted from their contented life in California? Times, Sunday Times
Look contentedly upon the scattered difference of things, and expect not equality, in lustre, dignity, or perfection, in regions or persons below; where numerous numbers must be content to stand like lacteous or nebulous stars, little taken notice of, or dim in their generations. Christian Morals
You can be content in your own private life and still be discontented about what's happening in the country, and that's always been the case.
I am a contented father and life is more precious, infinitely more fragile. Times, Sunday Times
It is a patchwork of Clan, tribal loyalties, religious zealotry, appallingly poor, indemicly corrupt politician, power mad factionally torn military and a corporate sector which is (not surprisingy greedy and in for their chop) all of which are in varing degrees fractiousness and discontentedness. Pakistan "Emergency" Ban of Constitution, Independent Media-- A Media Emergency In USA Too
And must the disinherited knight, whose blood has been warmed in the company of the tender and beautiful Rebecca, sit down contented for life by the side of such a frigid piece of propriety as that icy, faultless, prim, niminy-piminy Rowena?
The point is I know two depressed people and I'm finding their intrusions into my happy and contented life to be a bit annoying.
In his polo-neck jumper and jeans there is a casual ease to him, however, a satisfied contentedness.
I realised that I am actually fairly happy and contented with my life.
Not contented with his bargain, the chapman attempted to _underlet_ to another speculator, the liberty of showing him, and poor Cotter resisting this nefarious transaction, was saddled with a fictitious debt, and thrown into a spunging house in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832
As he pulled away, I could see that peaceful, sleepy grin of the truly contented on her face.
The ego has awaked to its constant need to feel unsatisfied, discontented, unhappy and finding fault. Peter Baksa: Ego: A Bad Word?
The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his czarina, Alexandra, led a contented family life with four daughters and a son.
Then the picture starts and, for a contented 15 minutes, things do seem on the up-and-up. Globe and Mail
In the meantime, tobacco growers grew discontented because of the low purchasing price of tobacco.
Nailed in the walls were portraits of her four elder brothers, and their happy contented smiles.
Pet cafés began in Japan, where weary workers would relax to the purrs of contented cats. Times, Sunday Times
A ten minute wallow in a facial mud pack was followed by lift-off and, hey presto, I had the visage of a smiling, contented unwrinkled baby.
I got that job and since then have lived a silent, sedentary, solitary, private life in Knaresborough; not at all a discontented one. THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK
You feel warm, contented and happy to be you, just where you are. The Sun
Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented.
If my body is contented and my soul is confident, then I will be cheerful, and being cheerful is the key to being happy.
We are happy, and contented: and if we change, we shall be discontented and unhappy, as so many of what they call our betters are. Tales and Novels — Volume 02
They wish her many more contented years in health and happiness and pay tribute to a noble lady who possesses sterling qualities.
I felt like a huge burden had been lifted, and replaced by a thrilled, yet contented feeling.
After years of cruel deprivation they seemed to be very contented in a grouchy, ursine, way.
When the race began, the crowd contented itself by lazily torturing his teammates, and, by early appearances, they were in rare form.
Cream and off-white appeals to a wide audience and most people can contentedly ‘live with it’ in a new house.
This was the best time she had ever had and she was contented with life as it was.
For heads that are disposed unto Schism and complexionally propense to innovation, are naturally indisposed for a community, nor will be ever confined unto the order or oeconomy of one body; and therefore, when they separate from others, they knit but loosely among themselves; nor contented with a general breach or dichotomy with their Church do subdivide and mince themselves almost into Atoms. Religio Medici
Well' little can be said about a contented life. Somewhere East of Life
Martina contented herself with a single glass of wine.
Having disposed of his family farm he acquired a new home at Lissard where he and his wife were contented and happy.
The cat was purring contentedly on my lap.
The protestors claim that one of the main reasons for discontentedness is the former gold mining company's failure to meet its promises before the local population.
Some people seem to be settled and contented with their lives and I'd really love to be one of them, to be sure that where I am and what I am doing is the right place for me.
she finished, giving a sheepish grin at her sister, who responded with a contented smile.
A cheerful and contented audience hit the streets at twenty to eleven, heading for car parks, bus stops and the railway station.
Contentedly you camp, singing happy-clappy Bob Dylan tunes around the fire before heading out next day at the crack of dawn.
His senses responded only to the sonorous music of the woods; a steadfast wind ringing metallic melody from the pine-tops contented him as the sound of the sea does the sailor; and dear as the odors of the ocean to the mariner were the resinous scents of the forest to him. A Mountain Woman
But on days that I draw a cartoon that I like, a weird calmness comes over me, a strange feeling of contentedness and happiness. What the hell’s that all about?
He strove to come abreast of his more favored contemporary; he was deeply discontented if he failed.
Surely you can't have more than one quiet, smiling, happy and contented day in a row?
A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
She is sorry to find he is discontented, which is sinful and horrid, and hopes Mr. Squeers will flog him into a happier state of mind. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform
Everyone seemed happy and contented and prosperous. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The feel of the warm moist soil around my roots as they got stronger and ever deeper into the ground made me feel happy and contented.
He is so happy and contented due to the fact she has looked after him so well through terribly difficult times. The Sun
It knelt in the centre of its pen with three woolly, unshorn friends, contentedly chewing the cud.
Cows graze contentedly in green fields, pigs and hens fossick in the dirt and bees buzz through orchards in bloom.
You could lay around, nap, watch tv, and there was a contentedness about it.
As soon as the researchers restored real-time communication, the baby resumed gurgling and kicking its feet contentedly.
The violin, however, weak of voice as it is, always carries the day, and the other instruments steal discontentedly back to their secondary places, the snuffy old violone keeping up a constant growl at its ill luck, and the trombone now and then leaping out like a tiger on its prey. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859
Contentedly I went below and turned in for a few hours, leaving my colleague to navigate.
Now, some of the poorer folk cannot afford to pay for butchers 'meat, they are contented with horseflesh, which is not yet rationed, and are willing to sell their ration cards. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71
The result is that the first man is happy and contented while the other is sad and disappointed. The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
When I went to visit them Dang was looking extremely pleased with herself and the puppies were feeding contentedly.
May all beings be happy and secure ; may their mind be contented!
The unicorn shook its mane, then began to crop the grass of the meadow contentedly. STARDUST
Two glasses of beer contented him.
Trench himself was an enthusiastic and moderately talented artist, and surviving works in the style of Claude show he envisaged Heywood as the ideal of contented Tory pastoralism.
You cannot travel if you provoke discontentedness and want to travel through legal means, but if you hijack an airplane or a motorboat or jump on a raft you get what you want. Holds News Conference
I'm in a very contented, happy place. Times, Sunday Times
She changed into her pajamas, brushed her teeth, and climbed into her bed, contented with her newfound friendship but saddened by the potential loss of another.
The one complaint possible against Isadora Duncan is that she has rendered us immoderately dissatisfied with what had once moderately contented us; and the fear is that we shall promptly have a host of half-baked imitators, who will copy the mere accidentals of her system without understanding the essentials, and will fancy that the whole matter is one of clothes and music, and prance about bare-legged, meaninglessly. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
As every one who had an opinion to give was bawling it out at the very top of his voice, whilst those who had none contented themselves by shouting vague sentences devoid of particular meaning of any kind, the noise and tumult were such as beggared description. Frank Fairlegh Scenes From The Life Of A Private Pupil
We wish that you will be contented every year.
He kept shtum and didn't embarrass her once for the following 11 years and, instead, contented himself with being an almost mute second fiddle to a woman of whom he was inordinately proud.
They depart happy and contented. Times, Sunday Times
So we left the question of statuary for another day and contented ourselves with packing a trolley with roses, clematis, honeysuckle, a climbing hydrangea, hardy geranium, and astilbe.
Everyone seemed happy and contented and prosperous. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
While shopping in New York City, our discontented housewife gets caught in a furious windstorm.
May all beings be happy and secure ; may their mind be contented!
Her tour to the Lakes was now the object of her happiest thoughts; it was her best consolation for all the uncomfortable hours which the discontentedness of her mother and Kitty made inevitable; and could she have included Jane in the scheme, every part of it would have been perfect. Pride and Prejudice
I exhale a breath of contentedness and smile to myself.
In the lyric that follows, the speaker imagines himself as a being contented to be a guest and a stranger, committed to coexistence with other guests and strangers.
Now she seems entirely contented with her life. Times, Sunday Times
What can it mean that people should live contentedly in the ruins of their own capital city, the ruination having been wrought not by war or natural disaster but by prolonged (and in my view deliberate) neglect?
The sheer joy of that intimate communion with nature; the contented peace we discover on the banks of running waters - that's what it's really all about.
She takes with her the good wishes of the community and she is wished a happy and contented retirement in Derrymore.
He contented himself with turning aside thrusts and meeting blows with a clever guard, as some Cavalier tried to reach him, while twice over he found another sword interposed on his behalf. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story
My favorite social disrupter , Gandhi, had two seemingly contradictory quotes on the subject of contentedness.
His discontented and frustrated characters actively pursue their options and do not just submit to their fate.
May all beings be happy and secure ; may their mind be contented!
Getting a handle on that has helped make me a more contented man than I was ten or 20 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
He continues however to sit croaking at Ghent, chagrinned, discontented, and dispirited. Robert Morris
That this can go on in such proximity without any feelings of discontentedness or envy is an amazing feature of campus life.
Already some of those fearless frontierswomen, the amazons of the Fortieth, had come ahead with bag, baggage and babies and moved into the log huts of their lords as contentedly as they would have taken quarters at the Grand Central in Omaha, but Mesdames Flight and Under Fire
At the second visit of Gryphus, Cornelius, contrary to all his former habits, asked the old jailer, with the most winning voice, about her health; but Gryphus contented himself with giving the laconical answer, -- The Black Tulip
Their reference is to the middle-class norm of the discontented housewife.
In addition, this administration could further inflame segments of the world already discontented with the global economic system.
He has printed out his latest graph in black and white and is contentedly preoccupied with colouring in the pieces of pie by hand.
It helps him write songs if he feels angry or discontented.
A discontented, lazy rabble who call the thrifty accommodations he rents them "broken down old shacks" in a "Potter's field" a typical anarchist-hippie move, disrespecting the man's good name. Doug Molitor: Doug's Dozen (VIDEO): 12 Reasons the G.O.P. Should Run Old Man Potter
If you are still a contented fallibilist, despite my plea to hear the sceptical argument afresh, you will probably be discontented with the Rule of Attention.
On Sunday, the activity slowed down a little and the poltergeist contented itself with breaking two more windows and by throwing ripe tomatoes with excellent aim.
In pitting against himself those who had so powerfully succoured him in his misfortune, Condé ought at least to have drawn closer to the Court and had a serious understanding with the Queen; but he tergiversated, and at the end of some months of that wavering policy, he found himself standing unmasked between the Court and the Fronde, both equally discontented with him, repeating and exaggerating the blunder committed by Mazarin. Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2)
Barber contented himself to work in general a rather conservative vein, which owes a lot to Brahms's choral music.
Lady Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented, and had no objections to make.
Maybe we spend all our adult lives trying to recreate the sense of wonderment and joy and downright contentedness that childhood Christmases brought.
The two qualities seem naturally to combine into that self-containedness (very different from self-contentedness) which distinguishes Chaucer, and which helps to give to his writings a manliness of tone, the direct opposite of the irretentive querulousness found in so great a number of poets in all times. Chaucer
he was still rumbling discontentedly when Pike returned bearing a folder of foolscap sheets
Here, in highly compelling fashion, the social convenience of the contented replaces the clearly visible reality.
The fact is that he sounds so, well, jolly contented, and perhaps a bit of lonely yearning would have made the material a little more challenging and rewarding.
How would they take to being uprooted from their contented life in California? Times, Sunday Times
I enjoy good health, altho now octogenary; but am too weak to walk further than my garden; yet I ride daily and without fatigue. my elder daughter, mrs Randolph, is well and greets you kindly. she has given me 11. grand-children, of whom 4. liv e with me, and all make me contented in the prospect of their worth and good qualifications. my happiness is greatly increased too by the prosperity of our country, and it's exemption from the oppressions & eternal wars of Europe. that you days may pass in peace, in health and comfort, are the fervent prayers of your sincere & constant friend. Letters to and from Jefferson, 1821-1822
The fear ... life -- (Compare Pr 3: 2). abide -- or, "remain contented" (1Ti 4: 8). not visited with evil -- (Pr 10: 3; Ps 37: 25), as a judgment, in which sense visit is often used (Ps 89: 32; Jer 6: 15). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
All night, the artfully sprawling rock lulls the lovers and the fighters into a state of dewy-eyed contentedness.
It chittered contentedly, its hunger and bloodlust sated. Who's There?
War over, and Neville Cardus still in Australia, Prittie contentedly covered cricket for two summers, eventually becoming our long serving and fabled Berlin correspondent. How the R&A made its mark at Stalag Luft III | Frank Keating
Macy watched him with a contented grin on her face, as he closed the door.
When I woke up this morning I felt a great happiness and contentedness, until I realised it had all been a dream.
This habitat is ideal for green turtles, which spend long hours chomping away contentedly at the greenery. Times, Sunday Times
Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves howe'er contented, never know.
With its long slide soaking up most of recoil, firing the pistol was as tame as the purr of a contented kitten.
So you must try to be contented with making your name boyish, and playing brother to us girls, "said Beth, stroking the rough head with a hand that all the dish washing and dusting in the world could not make ungentle in its touch. Little Women
In our navy, both royal and commercial, and generally from deep remembrances of slighted love, women have sometimes served in disguise for many years, taking contentedly their daily allowance of burgoo, biscuit, or cannon-balls -- anything, in short, digestible or indigestible, that it might please The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc
Millions of us started moving, linked in broad coalitions of the discontented.
It involved, on one side, gratification of the self through a joyous and contented life. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
They must not suppose me cheerless my lute is here tis a fair deceit on them this lute which has so oft been damped with the tears from my sightless eyes the sound of it is the only indication I can give that I am contented with my lot! Act II
As recently as 10 years ago media consultants contented themselves with eight to 12 campaigns in an election cycle.
Although it was not a male heir, Mary made him just as joyful or even more contented.
We recognise at once that we should learn something from their slow and contented pace of life. Times, Sunday Times
Tiffany lamps sat contented and elegant on long tables of solid bird's-eye maple. DEAD LINES
But on days that I draw a cartoon that I like, a weird calmness comes over me, a strange feeling of contentedness and happiness. What the hell’s that all about?
Whenever he returns to this place he is happy and contented.
He may well be contented who need neither borrow nor flatter.
Kneeling down he reverently happed him in afresh, then rising with a heart contented, whistled triumphant as a pibroch, and took the airt of Border Ghost Stories
We are conscious too of where we stand on the scale of contentedness or satisfaction or fulfilment or plain happiness.
pally," as she put it, happily contented in each other's society. Out of the Ashes
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
There is a substantial difference to me — well implies mere healthiness, while good implies an overall contentedness. 2009 June « Motivated Grammar
I contented myself with not doing a very good job on the canteen chairs.
People, as you stated in your article, are rather contented with what they get, so maybe they deserve what they get.
She became increasingly discontented with her work.
We have been laborious, contented, and prosperous; and if we have been reabsorbed by the mother country, in accordance with what I cannot but call the pusillanimous conduct of certain of our elder The Fixed Period
So I'm a very contented person. Times, Sunday Times
Whenever he returns to this place he is happy and contented.

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