contentedness
Example Sentences
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The country is regularly billed as one of the happiest places on Earth, based on studies that purport to rank national contentedness.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022
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 • Apr. 18, 2022
Mikkelsen can, because he wears an assurance that telegraphs his contentedness with filling space without sucking the air out of the room.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2022
For context, education also affects happiness; more years of schooling are associated with greater contentedness.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2020
I feel freedom for the first time in months, and an air of contentedness wanders next to me all the way home.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
