contented
Example Sentences
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Ms. Maura plays Maria Ángeles, a contented widow who is a much-respected resident of the ethnically Spanish enclave in Tangier, Morocco.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Rather, that contented knowing seasons the confidence with which O’Hara shaped all of her women, whether mothers or, like Patty Leigh in “The Studio,” mother figures.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
"It's the prosecution case that Isabella Wheildon was a healthy, contented, well-cared for little girl until Scott Jeff came into her young life," Ms Howes told jurors.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
By 1970, with a partnership in a successful PI agency and a stable and happy family, Easy Rawlins is a changed and contented man.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
The food was a thick soup of vegetables, beans and barley, and it filled Tristran and contented him.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing contented
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