be content

Example Sentences

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Can you be content and sit with that?

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

If you’re happy with your firm and understand the protections in place, you may be content sticking with one place for all your retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

"There might be content that you can look at together and say, 'OK, do you think that that is true? How would I figure out if that's true or not?'"

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Ordinarily, the Fed would be content to look past the temporary boost to inflation from higher oil and focus on its damage to incomes and spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

The wolves have their castle back, she thought, perhaps they will be content to let us go.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin