contented
Example Sentences
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Sturgeon also said she was "contented" and "at peace" with her decision to quit politics.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Now, though, he’s a contented family man operating a successful neighborhood bistro called Chez Paul—until fate comes calling and returns him to a life he’d just as soon forget.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
He’s the contented “Innie” to the miserable “Outie” version of himself, the one so paralyzed by his wife’s death that he chose to surgically divorce his work life from the mess of his personal time.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
Over the course of that relationship their daughter was said to have been “a happy, healthy, engaging and contented child” and there was “absolutely no suggestion of anything other than good parenting”.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
We sat quietly, the only sounds the occasional cry of the curlew and Lottie’s contented nursing.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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