Example Sentences

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Building Lego models is an activity which has seen people of all ages contently spend hour upon hour for decades.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2024

Dozens of people had lined up at the Sunrise Airways counter hours before the afternoon flight, some taking selfies, others chatting contently.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

Francisco Rios stood contently watching the whirl of a Taylor Farms lettuce packaging assembly line, which was about to be dismantled and shipped off to Arizona for the winter.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

This is likely why my elder daughter, whose normal everyday body temperature is equivalent to my low grade fever, runs the AC all winter long and contently traveled around Scandinavia last January in shorts.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Axel’s eyes fall against Dr. Martin’s white lab coat, where the eaglet had rested contently just moments ago.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers