All 6 Uses of
content
in
The Awakening
- Mrs. Pontellier was always very generous with the contents of such a box; she was quite used to receiving them when away from home.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- They had only come to investigate the contents of the bonbon box.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- She was moved by a kind of commiseration for Madame Ratignolle,—a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- He remembered the contents, which in truth he rattled off very glibly when put to the test.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- Always handsome! always healthy! always contented!†
Chpt 21 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her.†
Chpt 32 (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.