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content with how things are
Definition
satisfied
- It was an awkward age in a girl, he thought contentedly.Part 1 (49% in)
- She had sources of contentment in her life—the house, the park, above all, the children—and she intended to preserve them by not challenging Jack.Part 1 (78% in)
- She prattled on, and contentedly he half listened.Part 2 (52% in)
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- But suddenly the house had spilled its contents into a night which now belonged to a half-comic domestic crisis.Part 1 (76% in)
- She could be angrier with him if he were not so sweet-natured and content and surrounded by successful friends.Part 1 (33% in)
- It is hard to slash at nettles for long without a story imposing itself, and Briony was soon absorbed and grimly content, even though she appeared to the world like a girl in the grip of a terrible mood.Part 1 (38% in)
- Or rather, she cared less, for her mood had shifted since being with the twins, and her thoughts had broadened to include a vague resolution which took shape without any particular content and prompted no specific plan; she had to get away.Part 1 (53% in)
- Nearly all the adults entering the airless dining room were nauseated by the prospect of a roast dinner, or even roast meat with salad, and would have been content with a glass of cool water.Part 1 (66% in)
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