All 12 Uses of
content
in
Childhood's End
- The simple ritual gave him much contentment, and he would continue it as long as he had the strength.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with powers and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- Jan Rodricks, though he seldom appreciated his luck, would have been even more discontented in an earlier age.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- He had no material worries, yet he was discontented and saw no cure for his condition.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *
- It was the sight of that commonplace, brightly coloured rattle beating steadily in airy isolation half a metre away from any support, while Jennifer Anne, her chubby fingers clasped tightly together, lay with a smile of calm contentment on her face.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- In suitable circumstances minds can merge and share each other's contents, and carry back memories of the experience when they are isolated once more.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- But most of the time, with a contented resignation that comes normally to a man only at the end of a long and busy life, he sat before the keyboard and filled the air with his beloved Bach.†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The task has been a difficult one, for the majority of people seem content to let the Overlords run the world as they please.†
Chpt 2 (definition 2)
- But George was content to mentally lock the studio doors behind him at the end of the day.†
Chpt 7 (definition 2)
- It had no more emotional content than such labels as republican or methodist, conservative or liberal.†
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- I'm just content to take the information, and to act on it.†
Chpt 12 (definition 2) *
- Their worlds have become Elysian islands of effortless content, playing no further part in the story of the universe.†
Chpt 20 (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.