discontentment

Example Sentences

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The risk for the ruling Communist Party is that youth discontentment could bubble up into unrest or hinder China’s ability to achieve its economic and technological goals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“There was a lot of discontentment from people feeling pressure to do things they didn’t want, like the garter toss, or who had family members trying to make the event about them,” Mae recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

Since the turn of the century, Black American public opinion on U.S. military engagements has often foreshadowed broader public discontentment with poor foreign-policy decisions.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2024

It would take a disastrous Russian campaign, a coalition among his European rivals, and the growing discontentment of the French people to bring Napoleon down.

From National Geographic • Nov. 22, 2023

For years a mysterious, sinister man known as Trademaster had appeared now and then in the village, bringing tawdry thrills and temptations but leaving chaos and discontentment behind.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry