discontented
Example Sentences
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But from the Russians, apart from some discontented mutterings about European involvement and unauthorised leaks, the response has been somewhat muted.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
“No wonder that this results in an unhappy and discontented worker,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
All that lucre couldn’t override the prevailing sentiment among discontented voters who were ready, after nearly eight years of the uber-outsider Arnold Schwarzenegger, to embrace the tried-and-true experience of the reemergent Jerry Brown.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
But it wasn't the fact that the book was getting adapted that left them feeling discontented.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
After this, Harriet grew more and more discontented.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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