be content

Example Sentences

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Can you be content and sit with that?

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

However, sources at the club strongly reject suggestions they would prefer to avoid qualifying for lesser competitions, or be content without European football, despite their settlement with financial regulators following significant spending on transfers.

From BBC • May 16, 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

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

Siddhartha understood that the spoilt and grieving boy could not suddenly be content in a strange and poor place.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse