DISCONTENTED in a Sentence

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Mrs. March had consented to the visit rather reluctantly, fearing that Margaret would come back more discontented than she went.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCONTENTED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
discontented
 a.  dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind
Classic Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1  Yet to the casual eye she was not discontented, she was not an abnormal and distressing traitor to the faith of Main Street.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  I don't want to rub it in, but you can see for yourself now, this is all a result of your being so discontented and not appreciating the dear good people here.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  He had been discontented for a long time, and not without some cause.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
4  Nothing deterred by the smallness of his audience, which, in truth, consisted only of the discontented scout, he raised his voice, commencing and ending the sacred song without accident or interruption of any kind.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
5  "It is not for one like me to say that he who is already formed by so powerful a hand as Providence, stands in need of a change," muttered the discontented scout.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
6  Instead of continuing its discontented growls, or manifesting any further signs of anger, the whole of its shaggy body shook violently, as if agitated by some strange internal convulsion.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
7  She tried not to be envious or discontented, but it was very natural that the young girl should long for pretty things, gay friends, accomplishments, and a happy life.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
8  Mrs. March had consented to the visit rather reluctantly, fearing that Margaret would come back more discontented than she went.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
9  "I ought, but I don't," thought Amy, as her eye went from the bright page to May's discontented face behind the big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty work had once filled.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
10  When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  In spite of the intense labour and wonderful discoveries of modern philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
12  Her grey sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming discontented face.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
13  At another window of the same house, moreover appeared old Mistress Hibbins, the Governor's sister, also with a lamp, which even thus far off revealed the expression of her sour and discontented face.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
14  She vanished like a discontented fairy; or like one of those supernatural beings, whom it was popularly supposed I was entitled to see; and never came back any more.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
15  Or for no reason at all, except that they are discontented children, and can't be satisfied whatever they get, let a woman do what she may.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
Example Sentence:
1  The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive.
2  Every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him.
3  A discontented man knows not where to sit easy.
4  There was an underlying current of discontent among teachers.
5  Public discontent with the economy remained at a high level.
6  Perhaps she sensed my growing discontent.
7  For some time there have been murmurings of discontent over the government policy on inflation.
8  The rebels seem to be trying to capitalize on the public's discontent with the government.
9  The country was seething with discontent and the threat of revolution was real.
10  The nation would seethe with discontent as the noblemen continue their arrogant ways.
11  The streets around Place de la Republique are quiet once again - but like a genie unleashed from its bottle, the deep discontent across France is proving hard to subdue.
12  Amid growing discontent in South Africa at the verdict, the Steenkamps criticised judge Thokozile Masipa for being too lenient on the athlete, who was instead convicted of culpable homicide, the South African equivalent of manslaughter, and granted bail.