MALCONTENT in a Sentence

Learn MALCONTENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for MALCONTENT, such as:

1. If Matthew Hoh was some kind of malcontent or incompetent, this would not be the story that it is.
2. But presently the malcontents had their reflections cut short in a very rude and unexpected manner.

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 Meanings and Examples of MALCONTENT
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malcontent
 n.  person dissatisfied with current conditions; discontented person
Classic Sentence:
1  For a change, one could talk to the station agent; but he was another malcontent; spent all his spare time writing letters to officials requesting a transfer.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
2  But presently the malcontents had their reflections cut short in a very rude and unexpected manner.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
3  The contrary happens in kingdoms governed like that of France, because one can easily enter there by gaining over some baron of the kingdom, for one always finds malcontents and such as desire a change.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEX...
Example Sentence:
1  If Matthew Hoh was some kind of malcontent or incompetent, this would not be the story that it is.