All 7 Uses of
complacent
in
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene by Greene
- When he had gone some way they could see him pause and spit; he had not been discourteous, he had waited till he supposed that they no longer watched him before he got rid of his hatred and contempt for a different way of life, for ease, safety, toleration, and complacency.†
Chpt 1.3
- He was frightened for them: they came to death so often in a state of invincible complacency, full of uncharity.†
Chpt 2.3
- He had done nothing to shake her complacency.
Chpt 2.3 *complacency = contentedness (satisfied and unworried)
- He was a criminal and ought only to talk to criminals; he had done wrong again, trying to break down her complacency.†
Chpt 2.3
- The child was dying and looked up at him with middle-aged complacent wisdom.†
Chpt 2.3
- He remembered the woman in the prison and how impossible it had been to shake her complacency.†
Chpt 3.1
- 'And I'll pray for you, father,' the half-caste announced complacently.†
Chpt 3.3
Definition:
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(complacent) contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault