CONTENT in a Sentence

Learn CONTENT 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.
284 example sentences for CONTENT, such as:
1. Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
2. He attained a good old age and died content.
3. I'm perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
4. Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
5. Now she felt a curious warm friendliness and content.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CONTENT
content
 n.  the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
 a.  satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Hitherto Ethan Frome had been content to think him a mean fellow; but now he positively invited a horse-whipping.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Not content with Stuart alone, she had set her cap for Brent as well, and with a thoroughness that overwhelmed the two of them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  The barbecue was over and all were content to take their ease while sun was at its height.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  They had been kind in Savannah, but James and Andrew and their wives were old and content to sit quietly and talk of a past in which Scarlett had no interest.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
5  She was seventeen years old and she had a husband lying at Oakland Cemetery and a baby in his cradle at Aunt Pittypat's and everyone thought she should be content with her lot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Mammy hurried Scarlett up the dark stairs, muttering fussy remarks about cold hands and thin shoes and Scarlett looked meek and was well content.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
7  She wasn't like these people who had gambled everything on a Cause that was gone and were content to be proud of having lost that Cause, because it was worth any sacrifice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
8  If Scarlett had a baby, she would love it and be content to stay home and tend it like other women.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  Scarlett always sat well out of the light, hidden in the protecting shadows where she was not only inconspicuous but could, unobserved, watch Ashley's face to her heart's content.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
10  "I guess that's because he isn't really in love with me," she thought and was content enough with the state of affairs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
11  Now she felt a curious warm friendliness and content.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
12  His voice, his manner, more than the content of his words, disturbed her, made her realize that her pleasurable excitement of a few moments ago had been untimely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
13  They represented the future she had chosen, and she was content with it, but in no haste to anticipate its joys.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
14  And with that she had to content herself, and hasten on to the expectant group on the steps.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
15  "It's a well-earned rest: I'll say that for myself," she continued, sinking down with a sigh of content on the pillowed lounge near the fire.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1  He attained a good old age and died content.
2  Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
3  I understand you have called content, and you don't understand is that I cherish.
4  I understand you have called content, and you don't understand is th.
5  If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintics.
6  The government should issue clear guidelines on the content of religious education.
7  When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
8  Go through your shopping list with a critical eye for foods with a high fat content.
9  Despite its very low fat content, it is deliciously creamy.
10  Poor and content is rich and rich enough.
11  To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of content.
12  It does sometimes help to know the nutritional content of foods.
13  I'm perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
14  For once, his usually verbose wife was content to listen.
15  He was content to bide his time patiently, waiting for the opportunity to approach her.