be content
Example Sentences
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Can you be content and sit with that?
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
And it meant Scheffler, 29, had to be content with a second consecutive second-place finish, having finished as runner-up to Rory McIlroy at last week's Masters.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 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
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
The dawn is close at hand, and we have reason to be content with our first night’s work.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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