be content

Example Sentences

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Yet the stakes are too high, the moment too rare to be content with simply showing up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

If you’re happy with your firm and understand the protections in place, you may be content sticking with one place for all your retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Would Guardiola be content with his European record if it were not to be improved?

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Odermatt had to be content with bronze in the super-G and silver alongside Loic Meillard in the team combined after coming fourth in the opening downhill.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

I should have realized that he would not be content to take to Simon Bass a secondhand version of the play.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood