State of satisfaction

Usage examples of contentment.

John Adams, too, for all his ambition to serve in London, seemed anything but eager to leave the setting of such sustained contentment.

No one will ever know, but it is perfectly possible that as the sun rose higher that cloudless morning, Adams felt contentment of a kind he had not known for years--once he got over the fact that traveling with him on the same stage, as chance would have it, was Theodore Sedgwick.

At least the thought gave Antonio a small measure of contentment, and he pushed the horse into an easy canter.

The comparative contentment of the great Sheikh at this moment, her silence, and the sudden departure of Fakredeen, induced Baroni to believe that there was yet something on the cards, and, being of a sanguine disposition, he sincerely encouraged his master, who, however, did not appear to be very desponding.

Here they sat down, Blix settling herself on an old log with a little sigh of contentment, Condy stretching himself out, a newlighted pipe in his teeth, his head resting on the little handbag he had persistently carried ever since morning.

Know you that Monsieur Broussel is a philosopher, who has found contentment in--fifty ecus a year, did you not say, monsieur?

The Great Master sipped from the delicate, handleless cup and rolled his eyes with contentment.

I remember humming the Mission Impossible theme song with Jay as we went to plant the last few spikes, creeping with comical stealth and keeping an exaggerated lookout for any imaginary Russian spies or muscleman flunkies, as the sun filled the sky and my heart with a warm sense of contentment.

Chori with his technical abilities, gave Angel Paz a glow of contentment.

Pain welled up from under the satiated contentment, like a little rift of lava finding the surface of the earth.

The sheets are heavenly against her flesh, sweet numbness is spreading through her limbs, and although the sanction of nightfall is still a long way off, she feels herself drifting into sleep, only vaguely aware of a gentle commotion next to her in the bed which, only when she wakes next morning, she will discover to be Puss, by then nestled, in a state of perfect contentment, at her feet.

After the Valley, after Southern California, the familiar view of the ribbon of cottonwoods lining the river, the streets and structures built atop the low desert foothills fronting Sinagua Bluffs was one which filled him with comforting pleasure and a sense of contentment.

Who had the slimmest of chances to take root in a place where their families could prosper, where freedom and money and contentment were, the story went, as common as sunlight and rain.

The other boy followed with a dreamy look of contentment as he gazed on the fresh green lawns, the narcissus and snowbells dancing under the bare branches of the trees, and the encircling ring of cloud-capped mountains.

A pleasure planet unlike any other, where even the weariest of souls could find rest and comfort and contentment.