contentedness

Example Sentences

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Mohseni’s line readings feel, at first, presentational, but her gaze is astonishing in its ability to convey longing and a mask of contentedness.

From New York Times

Mikkelsen can, because he wears an assurance that telegraphs his contentedness with filling space without sucking the air out of the room.

From Salon

Lagging behind the camera, Odenkirk casually peered over the balcony’s edge and, spotting the thing in question, reacted with a jolt, his boozy contentedness giving way, abruptly, to a silent-comedy pantomime of terror.

From New York Times

There’s some muted anger at the media’s fixation on her tragic family, plus a dash of vague contentedness about the joys of motherhood.

From Washington Post

Either I was approaching some new state of equanimity and contentedness or I was depressed.

From New York Times