All 10 Uses of
content
in
Catch-22
- Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- 'Why not?' answered Chief White Halfoat, and lay back in the mud contentedly with the bottle of rye cuddled in his arms.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Yossarian was dumbfounded by his state of rapturous contentment.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- She drew a deep, smiling, contented breath and regarded him amorously with a melting gaze.†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- He heaved an immense sigh of contentment.†
Chpt 19 (definition 1) *
- A lissome, blond, sinuous girl with lovely legs and honey-colored skin laid herself out contentedly on the arm of the old man's chair and began molesting his angular, pale, dissolute face languidly and coquettishly.†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- They were indeed sending everyone overseas, even Lieutenant Scheisskopf, who had resisted the move with all the vigor and wisdom at his command and who reported for duty at General Peckem's office in a mood of grave discontent.†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- The girl smiled with contentment when she opened her eyes and saw him, and then, stretching her long legs languorously beneath the rustling sheets, beckoned him into bed beside her with that look of simpering idiocy of a woman in heat.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- Colonel Korn laughed, locking his hands contentedly on top of his head again.†
Chpt 40 (definition 1)
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The men were perfectly content to fly as many missions as we asked as long as they thought they had no alternative.†
Chpt 40 (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.