discontentment

Example Sentences

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The risk for the ruling Communist Party is that youth discontentment could bubble up into unrest or hinder China’s ability to achieve its economic and technological goals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Ask a roaming bard about the previous ship’s fate and a host of stories start to unravel and reveal themselves — love affairs, hidden secrets, lost maps and the requisite discontentment among the ship’s keep.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Aware of the growing discontentment, President Miguel Diaz-Canel appeared on state TV wearing the traditional olive-green fatigues of the Cuban revolution.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

Since the turn of the century, Black American public opinion on U.S. military engagements has often foreshadowed broader public discontentment with poor foreign-policy decisions.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2024

For years a mysterious, sinister man known as Trademaster had appeared now and then in the village, bringing tawdry thrills and temptations but leaving chaos and discontentment behind.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry