be content

Example Sentences

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Can you be content and sit with that?

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Ordinarily, the Fed would be content to look past the temporary boost to inflation from higher oil and focus on its damage to incomes and spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

When you know exactly what you need to be content, and it turns out to be far less than you thought, you can take risks other people can’t.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

World champion Amber Anning had to be content with a shock third-place finish in the women's 400m, edged out by winner Yemi Mary John and Louisa Stoney.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

For she would not be content until she could see with her own eyes that all three children were safe and sound, and preferably doing something educational.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood