uncontent

Example Sentences

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But the heart of the farmer was full of the old uncontent, the old longing after the heart of his boy, that had never learned to cry "Father!"

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George

But to the end, unjudging, he'll endure Horror and pain, not uncontent to die That Lancaster on Lune may stand secure.

From The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Sassoon, Siegfried

He showed, not as a happy creature of the flesh, but as a creature of the flesh made uncontent, divinely pierced by the sharp flame of the spirit.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

Still, she was not entirely uncontent: she must have had some perception that her performance merely as a notable bit of reportorial art—did not wholly lack style, even if her attire did.

From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Tarkington, Booth

He is disturbed, thrilled, uncontent A new ideal rises.

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)