| 单词 | contentedness |
| 例句 | I feel freedom for the first time in months, and an air of contentedness wanders next to me all the way home. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Inside their cedar tree, for nearly four years, he and Hatsue had held one another with the dreamy contentedness of young lovers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The research also shows variations in confidence across racial lines, with black, Hispanic and Asian people reporting greater contentedness across age groups than white participants. Americans feel sexiest in their senior years 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z And, in an interview, Warwick wondered just why she shouldn’t exude contentedness. Dionne Warwick, star of a new documentary, keeps smiling 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Consistently there seems to be greater tolerance and more contentedness than we think. Why 2016 is the year the public got things wrong 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Joe: The mischievous look of contentedness on Marnie’s face when she realized she finally had another man-child in her grasp was truly chilling. 'Girls' Recap: The Line Between Hannah Horvath and Lena Dunham Gets Blurry 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Mohseni’s line readings feel, at first, presentational, but her gaze is astonishing in its ability to convey longing and a mask of contentedness. ‘See You Then’ Review: The More Things Stay the Same 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Still, I wonder if the vicarious thrill of watching infinitely powerful men and women flexing their ids and trying to find contentedness is still enough to keep us fascinated. "Billions" is as wild as ever, but its vicious capitalism hits different in our uncertain economy 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z It was giving myself permission to do what I knew I needed to do in order to find my own sense of freedom and liberation and contentedness in my body. “To Live in the World, and Not to Hide”: An Interview with Janet Mock 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z I wondered whether my newfound contentedness signaled an irreversible slide toward the sunset of my career. Does happiness in your 50s signal the end of ambition? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The relief, the rushed evacuation of extreme pain, was the most intensely great feeling I have ever had: Picture post-orgasmic contentedness times ten. My life as a teen brawler 2012-09-03T14:00:00Z The energy and beauty of the film comes from these moments and from its camera’s contentedness with languidly resting on the simultaneously innocent and wizened faces and bodies of these not-yet women. What About the Girls? 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Mikkelsen can, because he wears an assurance that telegraphs his contentedness with filling space without sucking the air out of the room. The magical magnetism of Mads Mikkelsen 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z But the other part of the book is my search for contentedness. ‘You Should Be Grateful’ tackles complex truths of transracial adoption 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The country is regularly billed as one of the happiest places on Earth, based on studies that purport to rank national contentedness. How HBO's 'White Lotus' captures the theater of the tourism industry 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Lagging behind the camera, Odenkirk casually peered over the balcony’s edge and, spotting the thing in question, reacted with a jolt, his boozy contentedness giving way, abruptly, to a silent-comedy pantomime of terror. Bob Odenkirk’s Long Road to Serious Success 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z There’s some muted anger at the media’s fixation on her tragic family, plus a dash of vague contentedness about the joys of motherhood. Perspective | In an era of oversharing, Janet Jackson remains unknowable 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Either I was approaching some new state of equanimity and contentedness or I was depressed. I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Three years later, Bernie Sanders was fresh off the plane from Moscow, reveling in the beauty of the land and the contentedness of the people. Sanders’ praise for communists roils race 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z For context, education also affects happiness; more years of schooling are associated with greater contentedness. Perspective | Go ahead and eat that marshmallow. Patience can make you unhappy. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z So it’s obvious that much of the Happy Meal’s appeal isn’t just about sustenance but also contentedness. The Happy Meal, a triumph of marketing blamed for childhood obesity, is turning 40 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z “Remind Me Tomorrow” isn’t a redemption narrative, exactly—Van Etten is too wary and smart to believe in clear sailing—but it’s the first of her records to linger more on contentedness than on pain. Sharon Van Etten Finds Peace After Ache 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Bhutan’s own happiness researchers say democracy is weighing on the country’s contentedness. In tiny Bhutan, known for its pursuit of happiness, democracy brings discontent 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Winning the World Cup doesn't mean that France is poised for a surge of self-confidence, resulting in higher economic growth and contentedness for all. World Cup 2018: Air of optimism sweeps France 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Cats are easy by comparison; their purring is a clear sign of contentedness. Neigh bother: Happiest horses love to snort 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z And how, exactly, does one objectively measure contentedness or happiness? The Apple Watch wants to alter your behavior — can it? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Everything behind the scenes has reached a moment of contentedness for Brie, too. Alison Brie: ‘When Spielberg called it was the craziest half an hour of my life’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z The payoff: a feeling of relaxed contentedness that Fijians say aids discussion and conflict resolution. Counting on the Trendy to Revive Kava, a Traditional Drink 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z But feeling doomed is a kind of perverse gift for Mitski, who understands the perils of contentedness and the possibilities within despair. The Future of Indie Rock Is Female 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps you took up running, and it gives you a deep sense of contentedness and resilience. Why Khloe Kardashian’s ‘revenge body’ plan is far from flawless | Emine Saner 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The reason, Camus muses, is that in accepting the futility of the struggle, man and Sisyphus alike find freedom from the absurdity of their situation and eventually settle somewhere significantly closer to contentedness. 'Fargo' recap: 'Know thyself' 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But I’m here to tell you that preference does not equal contentedness. I'm One of the 56% of American Mothers Who 'Prefer' to Stay Home 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z It is a self-assurance and a contentedness with waiting in our homes while we imagine the nuisance of violence can pass over. We are not #BostonStrong: Stop turning tragedies into slogans! 2014-04-18T12:00:00Z It was not long before an aura of contentedness filled Málaga's Andalusian shores. Goal: In Spain, Málaga's Unfulfilled Promise 2012-08-10T11:32:49Z But in proportion as the fame of his fortune and affluence increased, the contentedness and peace of mind of the fair Meta diminished. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z To make September’s pageant the scented, pale petals of spring, the drowsy contentedness of summer’s fulfillment and the Tyrian dyes of fall are joined. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z He kept silent on that score, and they murmured their loves and kissed and laughed with contentedness purling through their hearts, and the world far away. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z She felt the contrast between her own activity and intellectual energy, and the stolid indifference and sheep-like contentedness of her husband, and it went to her heart! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z "Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relatives, Nirvana the highest happiness." Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z I was still in darkness respecting the way, the truth, and the life, and yet my foolish and carnal mind whispered peace; hence my contentedness in this situation. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z "This is at once an amusing and an interesting story, and a capital lesson on the value of contentedness." Blackie & Sons Catalogue - 1886 Books for Young People 2011-06-16T02:00:16.233Z Perfect contentedness with what was appointed for him, and deep thankfulness for all the good things given him, marked his whole being. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z I have seen rights and virtue protected, and wrongs redressed; and I have seen conjugal, filial and paternal affection, in the simplicity and contentedness of nature. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z The Bachs not only displayed a happy contentedness, indispensable for the cheery enjoyment of life, but exhibited a clannish attachment to each other. Johann Sebastian Bach 2011-01-26T03:00:27.060Z Doctor’s rightfully concentrate on their healing skill, but is it a news-bomb to doctors that the patient’s overall contentedness in a stressful situation is a factor in healing? Well: A Hospital Room With a View 2010-12-17T19:22:56Z The clarity and stability, the contentedness, is startling. Spain finally add belief to brilliance 2010-06-05T23:06:00Z Still, there was no contentedness in Woods' immediate reaction. Man In Motion 2010-04-13T00:00:00Z All this public opprobrium has cut into the sublime contentedness that once came with making partner at Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs: Don't Blame Us 2010-04-01T21:00:00Z Gallup said American contentedness about the environment is up across the political spectrum of Democrats, Republicans and independents. Poll charts rising U.S. environmental satisfaction 2010-03-15T13:46:00Z Franklin advanced beyond them only because all their qualities of economy, thrift, industry, and serene contentedness were intensified in him. The True Benjamin Franklin In the very midst of apparent contentedness and happiness, W—— B——, a merchant in Dumfermline, disappeared all at once. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 There was not in her air or manner the slightest trait of inquietude or even impatience; as she sat there, still stitching away at her Berlin elephant, she seemed an emblem of calm, peaceful contentedness. One Of Them It appears in kindly relations to his friends, in charities, in the scheme of his life—contentedness in a bounded, quiet existence, a seclusion among books, and trees, and flowers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 At this point the farmer left the animals and entered his home, smiling at his own wily craft in re-establishing, if not contentedness, at least resignation to their fate, in the stable. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales This procedure is splendidly fit to develop in the students a habit of guessing at random at what they hear and read—a slovenly contentedness with an approximate understanding. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College He let her have the last word; for an enormous contentedness filled his heart. In a Little Town But then again, "a poor man is as happy without riches, if he can enjoy contentedness of mind, as the richest earl that coveteth greater honour." Practical Education, Volume II But that morning freshness has been supplanted by a full and mellow noonday contentedness which is not without its placid appeal. The Prairie Child Augustine and his companions were Benedictine monks, and their quietness and contentedness attracted the population amidst which they had settled. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Gentleness, contentedness with the world, patience invincible, pardon for the errors of mankind, these are the primary virtues he teaches his disciples.” Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century And it sounds pretty, and reads into a sentimental expression of cheerful contentedness, that such customs should prevail on a great scale. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 It was late when I received your letter, asking me to write to you something on contentedness of mind, and on those things in the Timæus that require an accurate explanation. Plutarch's Morals From the bridge westward the scene has an air of peaceful contentedness. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts But inexperience is a bad treasure, and a bad friend to those who possess it, whether in opinion or reality, being devoid of self-reliance and contentedness, and the nurse both of timidity and audacity. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine After years of muddy inefficiency, of contentedness with the second-rate and the dishonest, that flame astoundingly bursts forth, from a hidden, unheeded spark that none had ever thought to blow upon. Clayhanger Health is the greatest gift, contentedness the best riches. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources It also makes for contentedness, when things happen against our wish, not to overlook our many advantages and comforts, but by looking at both good and bad to feel that the good preponderate. Plutarch's Morals We may be reconciled to poverty and a low fortune, if we suffer contentedness and equanimity to make the proportions. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The race is remarkable for its capability of resisting influences of climate, and its contentedness with poor diet.... Round About the Carpathians She did not know she was humble-minded and of an angelic contentedness of spirit. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" You will find me in habitual good health, great contentedness, enfeebled in body, impaired in memory, but without decay in my friendships. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Such contentedness and change of view in regard to every kind of life does the infusion of reason bring about. Plutarch's Morals A Mason's contentedness must by no means be a mere contented selfishness, like his who, comfortable himself, is indifferent to the discomfort of others. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry True, joy is a deep, inner thing and takes in much more than the idea of bounding, sanguine spirits, for it includes a certain active contentedness of heart. The Art of Public Speaking She was not aware that it was her capital, because the fact was so wholly a part of the simple contentedness of her nature that she had not thought about it at all. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Perpetually she marvelled at its contentedness and gentleness and unexigent hunger for love, and planted seeds of affection for it in her heart, but they would never mature. The Judge It does indeed greatly conduce to contentedness of mind to see how famous men have borne the same troubles with an unruffled mind. Plutarch's Morals These objects are the strength of the Empire, and the health, the well-being, the contentedness of the mass of the people, resting as they always must on steady, properly organised, and fairly remunerated labour. Constructive Imperialism By Niyama is meant purity both internal and external, contentedness, with whatever is got, penances, Vedic studies, meditation on the Deity, etc. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Transport of delight, joy, gladness, happiness, and contentedness of heart, these, when somehow excited, are the properties of Sattwa. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 But oh, how sadly at variance with that beauty and contentedness of nature was he who stood amidst such beauty! Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Let us cleanse therefore the fountain of contentedness, which is within us, that so external things may turn out for our good, through our putting the best face on them. Plutarch's Morals The good nature, congenial atmosphere, and contentedness of camp life is largely due to good cooking. Camping For Boys Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relationships, Nirvâna the highest happiness. Sacred Books of the East It was a wondrous proof of his high spirits and his general contentedness with himself that he should have submitted to the robbery without a groan. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Seated at the counter she felt a contentedness in being near a beautiful woman around her age. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America It was unfortunate, however, that many of the planters thus enriched, believed that the slightest amount of education, merely teaching slaves to read, impaired their value because it instantly destroyed their contentedness. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Her head nestled with a tender contentedness on my bosom. The Woman in White And this spectacle of universal happy contentedness is to me more exhilarating than all else that there is to be seen here. Freeland A Social Anticipation Those tears, and a few you once dropped when my brother teased you about your supposed fondness for an apple dumpling, were the only interruptions to the calm contentedness of your unclouded brow. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Happy enjoyment of such minds, As rich in low contentedness. The Complete Angler 1653 But to turn to good and rational contentedness. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales Their strength, their contentedness— just to grow, and be strong and well! Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution His contentedness, or his resignation may be put next. Friends in Council — First Series No nation can equal them in contentedness, industry, perseverance, cunning, skill, and adroitness in trades and mercantile matters. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes Content -- N. content, contentment, contentedness; complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind; serenity &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The prettiness, the pertness, and the naïve contentedness of the child thus realizing an ambition touched her deeply. Hilda Lessways And is not patience better than the Great Tithes, and contentedness to be preferred before large fees and customs? An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments "May the Holy Spirit engrave it on your heart, for it will often remind you of the thankful contentedness with which you ought to wait on the Lord." Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded What is the reason of all that sloth, carnal contentedness, and listlessness of spirit in Christians, more than the ignorance of this. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 The keen, eager appeal for appreciation was gone from her eyes; in its stead was the appeal for love and contentedness. Jane Cable Mrs. Landry, in spite of her florid contentedness, had sometimes a fluttering appearance of trivial agitations. The Beautiful Lady But inexperience is a bad treasure, and a bad fund to those who possess it, whether in opinion or reality, being devoid of self-reliance and contentedness, and the nurse both of timidity and audacity. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Isabel waited, with a certain unuttered contentedness, to have her movements directed; she liked Mr. Osmond's talk, his company: she had what always gave her a very private thrill, the consciousness of a new relation. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 And that you may indeed bear them with such Christian contentedness, and patience as becomes you; commit the keeping of your souls to your God as unto a faithful Creator. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 His mind often wanders, intent on some fantastic and impracticable plan, and lost to present objects; but he is perfectly harmless, and full of a childlike simplicity, a smiling contentedness, a most touching gratitude. Our Village I thought that I could perceive in the veteran angler before me an exemplification of what I had read; and there was a cheerful contentedness in his looks that quite drew me towards him. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Health is the greatest of gifts, contentedness the best riches; trust is the best of relationships, Nirvana the highest happiness. Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists |
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