All 7 Uses of
content
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- Dorian Gray stepped up on the dais, with the air of a young Greek martyr, and made a little moue of discontent to Lord Henry, to whom he had rather taken a fancy.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- "I hope you will be contented, James, with your sea-faring life," she said.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1) *
- "And here is the key, sir," said the old lady, going over the contents of her bunch with tremulously uncertain hands.†
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- Do you think this girl will ever be really contented now with anyone of her own rank?†
Chpt 19 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats.†
Chpt 2 (definition 2)
- I am quite content with philosophic contemplation.†
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *
- If you wish me never to look at your picture again, I am content.†
Chpt 9 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (content as in: content with how things are) satisfied
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(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) The word forms content and contents are also commonly used to refer to what is inside something else.