contentment
Example Sentences
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We see her at the beginning of “Calle Málaga” in a state of smiling contentment, walking her neighborhood streets and being greeted by vendors.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
I had imagined that retirement would offer a life unshackled at last, a blissful new chapter in which workplace anxiety no longer sullied my contentment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
‘We chase happiness when what we should be seeking is contentment.’
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
There is a sense of being "overwhelmed with the emotion" in contrast to other forms of happiness, such as comfort or contentment.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
But how would things go if now all tranquility, all prosperity, all contentment should come to a horrible end?
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
Vocabulary lists containing contentment
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Words for the International Day of Happiness
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Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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