contented

Example Sentences

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As Jefferson envisioned America’s future, he saw an agrarian society sustained by a free, independent and contented White yeomanry.

From Washington Post

At the curtain call, Mays appears spent, but also deeply contented.

From New York Times

“I’m happy, I’m contented,” said John, who’s in his third decade of sobriety.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Morantz settled down and led an otherwise contented boyhood filled with sports and an obsession with the University of Southern California football team.

From Washington Post

After all, Freud remarked, centuries ago Jews and free-thinkers like him were personally burned at the stake; now, it seemed, anti-Semitic reactionaries could be contented with merely burning his books.

From Salon