discontent

The announcement fuelled reports of discontent within the presidential guard, a unit seen as loyal to the former president.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Serbia's president has resigned after more than a year of student-led protests and growing public discontent over allegations of government corruption.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The executives have different relationships with different members of the administration and they made their discontent known.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But while no one within his party has openly challenged Merz for the top job, murmurings of discontent have grown louder.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Oh my ears were happy, I guess, my story sense was happy, my heart too, but in my, I suppose you have to call it ‘soul’, there was that damn discontent, shaking its dark head.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

Unlike her previous books, which center on romance and its discontents, “Intermezzo” is about a family relationship: Two brothers, lawyer Peter and chess master Ivan, grapple with their father’s death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024

Warehouse labor barks its discontents in “Foul” by the New Orleans post-punk band Special Interest.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

While these discontents were roiling, that's when he really met Meghan, and Meghan really reinforced his sense that he wasn't being, essentially, appreciated enough for his own gifts.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2022

But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck