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Sentence Examples Those who gave the name were not simple enough to think that even an opsimath was not something better than a contented dunce. Having disposed of his family farm he acquired a new home at Lissard where he and his wife were contented and happy. 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. If my observation serves me right, old folks are generally happy and contented with the way they spend their free time. Now is the time to scrap the Trust and get back to clean wards, happy contented staff, striving for high standards and just rewards. The narrator is a contented Number in the perfect OneState, whose citizens live and work their mathematically ordered 26th-century existences. At the end of the 19th century, people were full of hope and expectations of a more peaceful, more contented, less bellicose world. The last czar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his czarina, Alexandra, led a contented family life with four daughters and a son. With contented sighs, the two blissful lovers curled themselves around each other again. It all sounds rather blissful in a contented, domestic way that would have seemed unimaginable some years ago. After some weeks of care, this wild animal became a fat, contented Surrey mouser. We became a very contented foursome, except when Charles and Jane were with us and we were a sixsome. It was a mellow sneeze from a nose at peace with itself, contented as the coo of a pigeon. It had good relations with its neighbors and other countries, and the people were largely contented. After years of cruel deprivation they seemed to be very contented in a grouchy, ursine, way. This eccentric character never enjoyed the faculty of sight, and many still living remember the sonsy, contented, and sightless face of Willie. Barber contented himself to work in general a rather conservative vein, which owes a lot to Brahms's choral music. He was almost contented when Maura cast a spell on the gates, giving them even more strength. A cheerful and contented audience hit the streets at twenty to eleven, heading for car parks, bus stops and the railway station. She takes with her the good wishes of the community and she is wished a happy and contented retirement in Derrymore. Show More Sentences He loved the gardening and spent many happy and very contented hours tending to the flowers and the shrubs and the trees. The world is chockful of people who have lived happy, contented lives and who have made a deep impact on the arts. Surely you can't have more than one quiet, smiling, happy and contented day in a row? 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. Winter for me means constantly craving carbohydrates to send me into a drowsy state of contented bliss. If my body is contented and my soul is confident, then I will be cheerful, and being cheerful is the key to being happy. With a contented smile, she activated the image and the tiny hologram came to life. The star of this place is really the food but once you're pleasantly contented, mosey along to the cocktail lounge upstairs. Instead, the filmmakers contented themselves with piling on more of the same tired war movie folderol. I've seen it drive perfectly calm and contented people to temporary insanity and depression. If this conspicuous consumption made people more contented, I would be less inclined to question it. I contented myself just looking through them and soaking in the library atmosphere. This was the best time she had ever had and she was contented with life as it was. I wasn't contented to stay at that moment, knowing whatever she spoke of, would terrorize me with the vanity. When the race began, the crowd contented itself by lazily torturing his teammates, and, by early appearances, they were in rare form. As she lay down and rested her head against the pillow, the thought contented her. Jane is contented with her teaching and the company of the house's inmates. Although no details have been disclosed, it is difficult to think that they contented themselves with just repeating their cases. Soon, he contented himself with simply staring out the window at passing stars and planets. A prudent man, a man of less courage but more sense, would have contented himself with three more rounds of boxing. Show More Sentences For lack of a better name, scientists contented themselves with what had been called magic since the beginning of time. As recently as 10 years ago media consultants contented themselves with eight to 12 campaigns in an election cycle. Slinking back into his chair, Moby takes another deep breath and allows himself a small and somewhat contented smile. And when you're done, smile a contented smile and cherish the thought that you have another serving for lunch the next day. The break has seemed to have been of great benefit to all the players and Barnes wore the smile of a contented man after the game. They wish her many more contented years in health and happiness and pay tribute to a noble lady who possesses sterling qualities. Nailed in the walls were portraits of her four elder brothers, and their happy contented smiles. As he pulled away, I could see that peaceful, sleepy grin of the truly contented on her face. With her bright eyes and contented expression it's hard to believe that Milly the fox had a brush with death. Amazingly, Euan is a smiley, contented baby, despite all his health problems. I felt like a huge burden had been lifted, and replaced by a thrilled, yet contented feeling. She admits that it has been a hard road but now, at 54, she has never been more contented with her life and work. Rather contented with myself, I moved slowly down the hall, suspecting that Drake would assume the guard had killed me. Soon all the other children were happy and contented with their situations, but not Jox. Creative eccentrics will spend hours happily contented with their various projects and hobbies. That's how you know you're totally contented with another person, when you don't need to fill the void with unnecessary babble. When he was finally contented with what he saw, the shrill cry of his whistle swelled throughout the football field. People, as you stated in your article, are rather contented with what they get, so maybe they deserve what they get. Although it could hardly support the life of glamour and luxury she had been accustomed to all her life, Erin was more than contented with it. Suddenly a fissure runs through the group of contented 40-year-olds at the hub of the narrative. Show More Sentences A land of kite-flying children, deliriously happy women, contented men and impossibly cute kittens. With its long slide soaking up most of recoil, firing the pistol was as tame as the purr of a contented kitten. She painted the Old South as an Eden with contented slaves and kind masters. By close of play at 3.30 p.m. daily they trooped home tired after their exertions but very contented and happy indeed. If he does, Horne, who eschews unrealistic targets and makes no extravagant claims, will return home a contented man. Many of those families who are in relief camps today were people like us leading happy and contented lives. People would do well not to listen to anyone behaving like a contented frog. Although it was not a male heir, Mary made him just as joyful or even more contented. Seb crossed his legs and gave me a contented smile, taking a handful of MY box of cheesy snacks. It rocks her contented world to its foundations when she discovers that her husband is having an affair. Finally, when everything was done, Kouki collapsed on the rollaway with a contented sigh. This book should forever lay to rest the idea that enslaved African Americans were generally contented with their lot. She loved gardening and flowers and spent many happy and contented days in the garden. A resident of Canada, married to an army major, she has contented herself with raising six children. As is his wont when games are in their infancy, he contented himself with a schoolmasterly lecture. The result was that he had a home where he and his wife were happy and contented. They are invariably alone and carry themselves with a quiet, contented air, all-knowing wise men whose eyes hint at some deep reservoir of hidden knowledge within. On my computer, there was a contented little stream of smiley faces, made from colons and parentheses. Meanwhile, Jack and a small group of boys were contented to hunt. 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. Show More Sentences When very young, the cubs cry when afraid and hum when contented. In Scotland, though, and with some justification we have contented ourselves in the belief that our police forces are trustworthy and industrious. Macy watched him with a contented grin on her face, as he closed the door. Wealthy and more or less contented, O'Hara settled into a life of uxorious country squiredom, first in Quogue, on Long Island, and then in Princeton. I contented myself with not doing a very good job on the canteen chairs. Over the course of the next decade, the surviving members contented themselves with periodically blowing up a television tower or railroad station. 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. She contented herself with not leaning against Walter, and paid attention. I would be silly to think that my desk would remain this clean for very long, but at least for now, I know I'm contented with the past, and ready to tackle the future. The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. Kirara and I strolled back home contented with the shopping. I realised that I am actually fairly happy and contented with my life. In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes. They resided comfortably alongside Chantilly lace, silk faille, and his contented clients of a certain age. She prefers her other suitor, George Neville, but when Griffith loses his inheritance for her sake she accepts him, hoping for a contented marriage without undue submission. Its initial hisses of displeasure subside to contented silence. She was a very jolly and contented person with a hearty laugh. A new study shows them to be among the most contented in the Western world. Helen Armstead's trajectory, from passive victim to apology guru to contented observer, has little to do with a particular class. And there was a very happy and contented smile on both of them. Show More Sentences There he was, living the life of Riley, happy, free and contented. All at once, unattractive qualities such as insularity, parochialism and downright arrogance were introduced into the previously contented continental mix. The South contented itself with idlis, dosas, academics and tradition. He had always looked so confident and contented with everything. I was just wonderfully contented with the way things were going. 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. In the millennia since early Mesopotamians first converted the fierce, ancestral aurochs into the contented cow, a wide variety of specialized breeds have been developed. 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. He contented himself with fawning attentions to his reluctant wife. They shared a match, then each took a contented draw on his pipe. 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. All four are wished a long, contented and healthy retirement after all their years of loyal and devoted service to the Council and the people of the district. 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. You get an impression of people who seem contented with their lot in life. 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. And until that day, he was contented with being the vagabond that he was. What really separates contented couples from those in deep marital misery is a healthy balance between their positive and negative feelings and actions toward each other. The men's team was not at full strength and contented themselves here with a fifth place, but there were, nevertheless, some impressive performances. Then, as I made phone calls and wrote reports, my contented infant sat close to me in an automatic baby swing, a soothing supplement to the baby sling. She contented herself with unharnessing and caring for the horses. Show More Sentences 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. So begins a wholly untraditional murder mystery in which her neighbours on Wisteria Lane try to discover why a seemingly contented woman would do such a ghastly thing. But, being British, we contented ourselves with chucking snowballs and shoving ice down each other's cozzies. The English did not attempt a winter blockade, but contented themselves with destroying all the supplies in the district. Despite her country's ongoing struggle with Spain, Catherine enjoyed a happy, contented childhood in her beloved Lisbon. Other Puritans contented themselves with being able to meet freely and act on local parishes. It was a happy and contented childhood spent largely in country pursuits such as fishing and hunting. To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires. He spent five years in Belfast, which appear to have been the most contented of his life. The once prosperous and contented island went into sharp decline when Verres became governor of Sicily. I shall never die contented until I see England's expulsion from North America and her territories incorporated into the United States. If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs. If Japanese whisky is like a symphony, then I am a contented listener. Tonto's latest Pow Wow claims he has four fathers, presumably all equally devoted to one quite contented squaw. Of course, a contented mind is a perpetual feast, and many argue that it is better to live with a bad situation than move to an even worse one. And he seems contented as a studhorse whenever I see him working. If mortgage rates have really bottomed this time, of course, homeowners who ignore remortgages might be contented by the thought they saved time and hassle by sitting tight. Examples from Classical Literature So that, if anxious as he who is human and fallible must ever be, I am nevertheless happy and contented. The man who affirms that they are contented and happy, and do not desire to escape, is either a falsifier or a fool. After one term of service a reenlistment would be quite apt to secure a contented recruit and a good soldier. We have been disappinted three or four times and had to be contented with flapjack. She was contented with reprimanding him severely, and ordering him from her presence. Either he might have said nothing, or contented himself with declaring that I had not the phlegmy cough. Be that as it might, Richard Digby was well contented with his sepulchral cave. Let her be contented with her Grimods and oysters, and leave Julia to listen to the harpings of Apollo in peace. Yet the inhabitants of this barrio are quite contented and fairly comfortable. Here all the simoniacal Popes have to be contented with one place among them. For the present, she saw clearly, brenton was quite contented with his parish. Was the industrious husbandman to be contented with rags and tatters, whilst lazy priests were clothed in silks and brocade? But it was the outdoor, wide-ranging life that best contented him, so the mice were by no means all driven out. It appears that he contented himself with compiling and abridging from the collection of Cephalas. Imagine a scientific cattle-breeder possessing a perfect bull, contented that one of its offsprings should take a single prize! She contented herself by arguing against it, and talking as vivaciously as she could. I contented myself with the appearance of busyness, and wondered how long it would be before my chief caught me out. However, I did my utmost to bear a cheerful and contented mien, for killjoy is but a poor friend. Sulla's soldiers were impatient for the plunder of Asia, and he therefore contented himself with repealing the Sulpician laws. The swats, as the people of this region are called, appeared to be perfectly contented under British rule. Show More Sentences She sewed, she had a camp bed, she dwelt beside a pot of flowers, she was contented. They count it in reis at a thousand to the dollar, and this makes them rich and contented. He lifted his head, shaking the water from his eyes, and the very volume of the lustral flood contented him. I knew ye hadn't got nobody except her, but I knew, too, ye were contented there as a cricket. His friend looks on with an admiring grin in the background, unintroduced, but quite happy and contented. The rest of the herd were contentedly chewing their cuds in the moonlight, grunting and blowing over contented stomachs. Here and there they wander with contented clucks, as they find now and then a worm or grub for a titbit. Personally I have not known a Scientist who did not seem serene, contented, unharassed. Not contented with vociferous cheering, he was chaired and borne around in triumph, much to his discomfort. They were not always contented with this species of Salique law, which certainly is somewhat inconsistent. She possessed not that confidence and contented reliance upon the idea of unalienable affections which characterise the wife. But for all that they were docile, contented and, within their limitations, not unhappy. Mrs. Sealyham, whose husband was temporarily embarrassed in Wall Street, contented herself with a Sheraton chifforobe. They, at least in the case of Aristides, contented themselves with banishing him. Acton was, from her point of view, regrettably contented with his commercial status in the new and crudely vigorous West. During this day they contented themselves with bivouacking there on the beach at the harbour. Milly's indifference argued in her a difference from most women, facilely contented as they usually seemed. Trapper Jim had everything to make him contented, and even happy. Both in the church and at the wedding breakfast he remained not only pleased and contented, but even proud. As it was, the Philosophers contented themselves with bickering. Show More Sentences Bosc contented himself by dining with them as often as possible. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace. Lady Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented, and had no objections to make. Lady Sarah knew that her own life was colourless, and was contented. In the end she married a man who bought and sold real estate and was contented enough. I shall be contented with construing my motives in my own way. Between the two he contented himself with the pet name of Saffy. Then her voice rose above the monotone that had contented her hitherto. It would have been well for him to be contented with these things. They were contented with the peregrination of daily necessity. But if they are contented with fame, why, they deserve their fate. For all his strength, let him keep to his own third share and be contented without threatening to lay hands upon me as though I were nobody. I looked for him to retaliate, but he contented himself with swimming about forlornly a safe ten feet away. All day my cats were indoors, dozy, sociable, and contented. He drank it and began to feel much happier, drowsy too, and contented. Nathless, Robin contented himself with parrying, and was loth to exert all his superior strength upon the lad. Thereafter they contented themselves with sitting massively about in corners, glowering at each other. Heliogabalus ate in faith, and went to his fathers contented. You'll have to be contented with that soap-box davenport, gentlemen. On his lips was the soothing, purring sound that the great cats themselves made when contented and happy. Show More Sentences I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. They are contented with the justiciary, or even the sheriff. She contented herself with lavishing her affection on Erles two boys. Dr. lecher went on with his pantomime speech, contented, untroubled. On the occasions when David went to visit his grandfather on the Bentley farm, he was altogether contented and happy. That Providence is partial in its gifts, for its own wise reasons, the best and most contented of us must allow. I cal'late I'll be contented with having my folks cross in the Mayflower. A person is comfortable in mind when contented and measurably satisfied. The open argument was unassailable, and she contented herself with that. See him contented, however, thou stubborn varlet,'' said the Disinherited Knight. What is it to me that my people are contented, rich, and unoppressed? I wanted the violet silk, but there isn't time to make it over, so I must be contented with my old tarlatan. I met her several times out in the country, going a good steady pace, and looking as gay and contented as a horse could be. The young man contented himself therefore with repeated mental denials of her guilt. It was her own universal goodwill and contented temper which worked such wonders. Perhaps he waw not so much at rest or so contented with her as with Alice. She fell back upon the harmonies of the toilet, which she thoroughly understood, and contented herself with dressing in perfection. Boxtel contented himself with signifying his approval of the zeal of his servant by dumb show. The same Bull Durham and brown-paper cigarette, hand-rolled, contented him. He contented himself with portioning out their bread and water. Show More Sentences And Beth leaned her head against her sister with a contented look, which effectually settled that point. Mine is so elastic, it never seems full now, and I used to be quite contented with my family. Cannot you invent a few hardships for yourself, and be contented to stay? The very cattle looked more tranquil than ours, as they stood knee-deep in clover, and the hens had a contented cluck, as if they never got nervous like Yankee biddies. He took up a CORKED bottle of wine, tilted it over his glass awhile, then set it out of the way, with a contented look, and went on with his dinner. I remembered his contented face when he was with us on Christmas Day. Dom Claude contented himself with replying, with tranquil hauteur. He was ambitious enough to be contented with nothing short of the highest rank of overseers, and persevering enough to reach the height of his ambition. They were in a country abounding with deer and wild turkeys, so that there was no stint of provisions, and every one appeared cheerful and contented. Even that would fade in the end into a contented inactivity. A few years ago a cow died at this Fazenda, in consequence of having drunk some of it.On such fazendas as these, I have no doubt the slaves pass happy and contented lives. But gradually, as he chewed, his face became again quiet and contented. The simplicity and cheerfulness of her nature, her contented and grateful spirit, were a recommendation to every body, and a mine of felicity to herself. Besides, the planter insisted that Roxy wouldn't know where she was, at first, and that by the time she found out she would already have been contented. Fairfax, who brought up the rear, had, with characteristic unselfishness, contented himself with a French workman's blue blouse and a pair of white duck trousers. Well, there couldn't be a more contented or comfortable sight than Sir Launcelot in his noble armor sitting in gracious serenity at the end of a yard of snowy church-warden. This burst of confidence confirmed Rose in her purpose of winning Charlie's Mentor back to him, but she said no more, contented to have done so well. Find more words! 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