All 6 Uses of
content
in
Cry, the Beloved Country
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- And others say that this is a danger, for better-paid labour will not only buy more but will also read more, think more, ask more, and will not be content to be forever voiceless and inferior.†
Chpt 1.12
- They ask what folly it is that can so seize upon a man, what folly is it that seizes upon so many of their people, making the hungry patient, the suffering content, the dying at peace?†
Chpt 1.13
- — Then if you are content to be brought by him, you will not laugh so carelessly.†
Chpt 1.17
- — My child, are you content to be brought here?†
Chpt 1.17
- I am content, she said.†
Chpt 1.17 *
- — I see you are content.†
Chpt 1.17
Definition:
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(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.