be content
Example Sentences
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Yet the stakes are too high, the moment too rare to be content with simply showing up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
When you know exactly what you need to be content, and it turns out to be far less than you thought, you can take risks other people can’t.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
World champion Amber Anning had to be content with a shock third-place finish in the women's 400m, edged out by winner Yemi Mary John and Louisa Stoney.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
She now thinks she could be content never buying a home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
“When we find a room with a window,” the doctor remarked, “we will open it; until then, let us be content with opening the front door.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
