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
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)
They were all serious and self-contented, very unglamorous.
From Twilight in Italy by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
Often Renfrew had heard Claire curse the smiling and self-contented Londoners who thronged the stalls of her theatre.
From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe
But there he sat, plump on the stool, looking as self-contented as if butter would not melt in his mouth.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
