self-contented

Example Sentences

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The writing can’t get far enough out in front of the Holocaust not to drown in a self-contented sense of romance.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2020

Followed by Jill and Sally, her lame duck, Mavis went to the first of the hill-fields, where geese, scarcely out of their adolescence, clamoured about her hands with their soothing, self-contented piping.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

The home in Camberwell into which the boy Robert was born reflected the serene, harmonious, self-contented character of his parents.

From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)

Thus you will come in contact with larger conceptions, fuller ideas, deeper sympathies, higher aspirations than is possible where you follow the ordinary routine of the ordinary, mediocre, self-contented man.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton

Head: The best black-and-white Toms have large, well-rounded heads, with moderately long ears, and a well-pleased, self-contented expression of face.

From The Domestic Cat by Stables, Gordon