discontent

He also became a sounding board for Goldman partners and other executives who at times sought to express concern or discontent with the firm’s direction—including the now-aborted plans to become a consumer lender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Serbia's president has resigned after more than a year of student-led protests and growing public discontent over allegations of government corruption.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

But while no one within his party has openly challenged Merz for the top job, murmurings of discontent have grown louder.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Hong Kong’s government frets about discontent over unaffordable housing, and worries about lagging opportunities for young adults in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I poured out...the torrent of my long-accumulating discontent, with such vehemence and indignation that I stirred myself as well as the rest of the party to do and dare anything,” she later wrote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Always at the heart of these discontents was the battery—or batteries, because there has been a succession of them, an alchemist’s closet of energy-storing potions in weirdly shaped bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

But there are other discontents still in Moscow, and politically active.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2023

And second, “Less” covers all the joys and discontents of travel, and so does Greer’s new follow-up novel, “Less Is Lost.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

A sly, mordantly funny, at times brutal satire about altruism and its discontents, the movie offers something of an emotional workout.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

But men must work on, and Wang Lung worked as he had before, although the lengthening warm days and the sunshine and sudden rains filled everyone with longings and discontents.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck