Contented

Examples

• Will was not quite contented, thinking that he would apparently have been of more importance if he had been disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Rested and refreshed, we took the rail happy and contented. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I am too entirely contented. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• What a day it is and how I am contented not to be in pine trees. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I had no doubt of your being contented and happy with me, being so dutiful and so devoted; but I saw with whom you would be happier. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And Beth leaned her head against her sister with a contented look, which effectually settled that point. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Cannot you invent a few hardships for yourself, and be contented to stay? Jane Austen. Emma.
• We have not talked much, but Dora has been perfectly contented and cheerful. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Hence I am contented, and say it is better with me than with millions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Inspector Martin had the good sense to allow my friend to do things in his own fashion, and contented himself with carefully noting the results. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And that amazes me most in you, Steerforth--that you should be contented with such fitful uses of your powers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Provided he had made no will that can come into force, leaving a legacy to Mrs General, I am contented. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The third contented herself with wondering 'what ladies was made of'; and the fourth took the first in a quartette of 'Shameful! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• See him contented, however, thou stubborn varlet, said the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And Meg looked quite contented, as well she might. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is to be hoped Pretty One will do everything she can to make my poor fellow happy, and keep him contented. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The old man thought he would die contented if he could see his grandson in a fair way to such honours. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Oh, my dear Spyers, only let me have wengeance, and I shall die contented! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• These people are naturally good-hearted and intelligent, and with education and liberty, would be a happy and contented race. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The flies were happy, the child was contented, and so the mother did not interfere. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A good, contented, well-breakfasted juryman is a capital thing to get hold of. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And I may take it for granted, no doubt,' with a little faltering, 'that you would be quite as contented yourself John? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Shall we then rest contented with these two relations of contiguity and succession, as affording a complete idea of causation? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Upon the whole, she was equally contented with her view of his feelings. Jane Austen. Emma.
• My dear Mortimer, you are the express picture of contented industry, reposing (on credit) after the virtuous labours of the day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mean while I shall rest contented with observing one example, which belongs to the present subject. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Upon my word, if you can be contented with a quiet country life, I don't see why you should not get on very well here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Rest contented without more ruin. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Yes, the first love is the best, but be so contented, for I never had another. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Typist: Owen