discontented
Example Sentences
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But it would seem discontented voters are not just drifting to Reform.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
“No wonder that this results in an unhappy and discontented worker,” he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
The ending is strong and satisfying and leaves you discontented in all the right ways, even as “Weapons’” spell lifts after you leave the theater.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
But it wasn't the fact that the book was getting adapted that left them feeling discontented.
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
“I ought, but I don’t,” thought Amy, as her eye went from the bright page to May’s discontented face behind the big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty work had once filled.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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