| 单词 | contentment |
| 例句 | Chester and Harry heard him draw a deep breath of contentment. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack was the elder, leader, mentor, and to a small extent the exploiter of a little group of men who had in common no families, no money, and no ambitions beyond food, drink, and contentment. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z So I had to be content without him; but contentment cannot be forced, and Nathan noticed my preoccupation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Curtain retrained them with ‘contentment’ messages that tell them not to question anything!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And she had come to feel bathed in contentment when the sky was blue, as it was on these late-summer days. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Part of my deep contentment was due, I’m sure, to being with my father, but part, too, was that I was no longer fighting. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The nuns sigh with contentment as they do when their bellies are full of wholesome food and their souls sated with prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The wind responded with a light flutter of contentment. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Look around you, Rowan,” Goddard said in utter contentment. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She roused to express her contentment, then shook. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A feeling of contentment settled over Frightful, and she rested from her long journey. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The hiss of waves breaking at her ankles is a gentle sigh, as if the sea itself has found lasting contentment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She and William spent their evenings in happy planning, and their contentment was good to see. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Looking up at the ceiling, she rotated her raw, burning joints and gave a sigh of contentment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Just as the water closed peacefully over the turbulence of Chicken Little’s body, so had contentment washed over her enjoyment. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The Owner allowed himself a tiny breath of contentment as he took hold of the suitcase. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Sophie sees me once she stands up, and a small piece of contentment finds itself on her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I eye the med cart, breathing a sigh of contentment over how meticulously organized it is. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Not a happy woman, though, for Mr. Marsden did not seem to be the stuff from which contentment could be woven. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Will you look at this ?” Yossarian was dumfounded by his state of rapturous contentment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thus momentarily we have the two things a soldier needs for contentment: good food and rest. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to see her laugh or express some kind of happiness or contentment to let me know she’s okay. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He did not want to think of it now, in his contentment; but sometimes he looked at her, and it seemed that his Helen, the real Helen, had moved away. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Just thinking about the young doctor gave her a feeling of contentment she had not experienced in a long while. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I feel it, but any contentment vanishes instantly as the Doorman looks up at me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z To see at last that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z That was what Curt had given her, this gift of contentment, of ease. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My first afternoon as a Negro was one of dragging hours and a certain contentment. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She tucked him tenderly into an old wooden cradle, and he lay in sleepy contentment, his dark face incongruous against a doll’s pillow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pain and aches, boat journeys, marches, hunger and fatigue seemed to belong to the limbo of forgotten things, and there remained only the perfect contentment that comes of work accomplished.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And many of these patients were well-off from rich families, so their wealth did not buy them happiness or contentment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A great contentment stole over him; he grinned across at Ron, who grinned back lazily. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As I’m nodding in contentment, my phone begins vibrating noisily on my desk, making the colored pencils dance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z There must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In this lonely world of ice and emptiness, they had achieved at least a limited kind of contentment. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Public contentment with horses and railroads remained high until World War I, when the military concluded that it really did need trucks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Adam Trask nosed some of his happiness into futures but there was present contentment in him too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly this elegant gentleman was startled out of his state of indolent contentment. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas devoured each bite, hunger trumping everything else, the mood of contentment and relief around him palpable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They showed me a contentment based on the belief that nothing more was coming to them, although a great deal more was due. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of twelve minutes Dev would open his eyes as if he’d been awake all along, smiling at her, full of a contentment she wished she felt herself. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Beowulf’s request further increased Penelope’s sense of contentment. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z But if I desire contentment, I suppose I must learn to obey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Part of this essence came from Father Mike’s perfect contentment at being only five foot four. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I put it back down, nodding in contentment at my reflection as my hair falls gently around my shoulders. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The spirits’ steps grew wider and their hum stretched across the open sky, filled Sierra’s soul with a melancholy contentment. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It was part of the contentment she had always known. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Melody propped with blankets on the living room sofa—a look of contentment on my face. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He reassured me, and sat back with a look of contentment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He thought with longing, but contentment, of that other basin ... the one that had been exactly right and never completed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes a moment and smiled, the very image of contentment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Whereon it, sophisticated piece of hardware that it was, chomped away in simulated contentment, bamboozling the other tenants of the building. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He leaned his head into my cheek for support and lifted the wing higher, letting out small squeaking sounds of contentment. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z For a while, as they walked, they seemed to carry in them a measure of contentment; some of the serenity and the cleanliness of that big warm kitchen lingered on inside them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Our encounters always leave me weary of the glum contentment that characterizes my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z On his side he received what her generosity bestowed with great contentment. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No great passion but a kind of affectionate contentment. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Madoc smiles at all of us, now the picture of contentment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And there, on the mountain whose top seemed to touch the moon, the old woman found peace and contentment. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As McCandless gradually stopped rebuking himself for the waste of the moose, the contentment that began in mid-May resumed and seemed to continue through early July. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was past dawn when he woke, his feeling of contentment still in him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I’ve ever known what you people call happiness. We think of contentment as the desirable thing, and maybe that’s negative.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The contentment of the does spread to everyone else, until one evening Hazel remarked that he felt a perfect fraud as Chief Rabbit, for there were no problems and hardly a dispute to be settled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One day when I was thinking very hard about being alone, Frightful gave her gentle call of love and contentment. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The old dog had his beloved cat, warm and purring between his paws, again, and he snored in deep contentment. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm could see nothing, of course, but it sounded as if Alice had her hand over Lyra’s mouth, and then came a sound of contentment from the child. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The son and the Sea King's daughter soon married, and the widow lived the rest of her days in complete contentment. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In the midst of this chaos, I had found contentment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Her jangling nerves relaxed, and as the clear low voice went on a contentment wrapped her round like the sunshine in the meadow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then the others joined in, all fluffing and rolling around, looking like their bones had melted away, like jellyfish chickens, clouds of dust everywhere, clucking their contentment. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She had sources of contentment in her life—the house, the park, above all, the children—and she intended to preserve them by not challenging Jack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He muttered something in sympathy and smiled with contentment at his fellow diners through the clouds of tobacco smoke by now hanging thickly across the table. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Corinthians couldn’t make sense out of what they were talking about with so much passion, and she didn’t want to stay there and learn, lest it distract her from the contentment she was feeling. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her maids carried them upstairs and demure Penelope retired with great contentment in her heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “She could’ve done with a Cheering Charm on her too,” said Ron as the class left for lunch, all grinning broadly — the Cheering Charms had left them with a feeling of great contentment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But how would things go if now all tranquility, all prosperity, all contentment should come to a horrible end? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The widow sighed a soft sound of contentment. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Sekai radiated contentment when the Praise Singer brought her in, nestled in a baby pouch strapped to his chest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She set her bag down and flopped down on her bed, sighing in contentment at just being there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Its ethos of “middle-age contentment” and just liking what you like was now “something to aspire to.” I’m Not a Dad, but I Rock Like One 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Author and celebrity-watcher Rachel Bertsche spent nearly a year emulating the lifestyles of several famous female stars, seeking contentment, productivity and better arms. Can living like a star produce a happy ending? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Yes, it is probably necessary for lifelong contentment, and certainly for happy and healthy relationships. Forget cat ladies: the real tribes of modern dating, from fantasists to routiners 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The film, about a psychiatrist who travels the world in the hope he will find contentment, took a distinctly unhappy £240,222 after three days on release. Inbetweeners thrash Sly at box office 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The contentment captured here is as dated as the clothes – bell-bottoms, over-decorated sweaters – and the floppy haircuts. The big picture: Salford, Manchester, June 1977 2012-05-26T23:05:36Z “But the prospect of a pool party managed to demolish those contentments in one fell swoop.” Perspective | Pool parties are soul-crushing spectacles of half-naked strangers posing next to an artificial swamp 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z He lived cheaply but moderately well in Italy, and found some contentment with a lover, a veterinarian. Books of The Times: David Margolick’s ‘Dreadful’ Explores a Gay Novelist’s Anguish 2013-07-31T21:30:19Z The serene grin Sendak put on the boy’s face as he sits in that private boat is, to me, what contentment looks like. In Praise of Maurice Sendak 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Afterward, contentment remains elusive as new tensions arise. ‘Family in Transition’ Review: A Parent Prepares for Change 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z There is a overwhelming sense of contentment and domesticity. Domestic bliss 2011-06-24T07:47:40Z In other words, flexibility and realistic expectations increase your chances for contentment. Book review: ‘Honeydew,’ short stories by Edith Pearlman 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z You could question or reject his premises - I certainly did - but they weren't a matter of wishful thinking or wallowing in cheap contentment. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z Every word that I write in this letter is born out of love, acceptance, detachment and real contentment. Ricky Martin comes out as gay 2010-03-30T00:36:00Z But, finally, the major lesson Magdaleen seemed to garner from her 81 years was that other people, even beloved family members, should not be relied upon for contentment. Edinburgh fringe theatre roundup 2012-08-11T23:05:48Z But how much of this alleged contentment is sentimental projection? Review | We’ve been looking to philosophers to make sense of life. Maybe we should be looking at cats instead. 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z She’s never more convincing than in a kittenish mode, radiating contentment or innocent yearning. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-26T21:57:00Z Then the oysters and smoked trout with lentils arrive, and it’s overwhelming contentment. Seattle writer chronicles top picks for Northwest seafood 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Although there’s a criminal surfeit of vermouth in my martini, my contentment is absolute. How I Fell for Lisbon 2012-05-25T20:23:37Z Her new songs are a little incredulous about her contentment, but brave enough to be blunt about that, too. Lily Allen Brings Biting Sincerity to the Highline Ballroom 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z It is the cynic who actually lives more lightly, unburdened by the pressure to always have more, not relying on purchases to provide happiness and contentment. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z The better way, then, is what the writers did, which is to expound the foolishness of attaching happiness and contentment with the attainment of one great goal. "The Good Place" comes to a worthy end, where it finds the bittersweet joy of what makes us human 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z It wasn’t so that he could go and experience small-scale contentment with the love of his life. Guard that property! Our reaction to Chris Evans' nudes reveals the remarkable power of Captain America 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Nevertheless it’s tough to shake the sense that the third outing for “True Detective” could leave us with as much of a contentment gap as the close of the Rusty and Marty chronicles. "True Detective" is still a mess: Mahershala Ali can't save Nic Pizzolatto's story 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z But there’s contentment in hearing, for the third or fourth time, the itemized list of who was where when the murder occurred. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Comfortably Mousetrapped 2012-01-26T14:30:40Z But rising to the surface of the sizzle were signals that not all is contentment in theaterland. Perspective | The Tonys brought back the fanfare, but Broadway still faces many challenges 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z But it is not a spoiler to say that not everyone has found contentment. Are We Having Fun Yet? ‘Party Down’ and the Sadness of the Sitcom Revival 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z "I don't know whether happy is the word, but he had such an eccentric head that ... contentment was all one could hope for." Pink Floyd founder Barrett put painting before pop 2011-03-17T12:53:39Z Its standout single was “Jungle Drum,” a yawp of contentment that uses its title phrase to describe the hopeful leap of her heart. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z There’s something sweet about the way Mitchell talks about their relationship and maybe that’s because he’s so hard to untangle from Corrigan – his contentment is a kind of happy ending to Peep Show. David Mitchell: ‘I see myself as a coward’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z While you don't want to wish the old guy any ill, contentment doesn't suit Neil Young, at least artistically. Neil Young: Le Noise 2010-09-23T14:30:00Z But in the context of Transparent, it reflects a simpler, more secular desire for calm and contentment. Transparent's new season: a deep dive into American Judaism 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z She regains her health overnight, and the tale ends, for both sisters, in contentment and motherhood. Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti 2012-06-25T11:57:22Z In Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, he seemed to caress every phrase of the orchestral part into a sepia elegance, producing a poignancy that stayed buoyant, a contentment that still yearned for something more. Review: Manfred Honeck Coaxes a Burnished Sound From the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z It will come with a kind of “aha” feeling, and a sigh of contentment. I’m going crazy in my job 2012-10-18T00:00:00Z The last time I saw David Wallace, in the spring of 2008, he successfully affected artistic contentment, which I now know was the antipode of his true feelings. Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z He looks extremely happy in all of them: a picture of patriarchal contentment. Man of letters 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Like hygge, it exudes warmth and contentment, but at its core is more sociable and less insular in nature. Americans are obsessed with hygge. Is one of these international lifestyle trends next? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z It includes bliss, contentment, meaning, all of those fun things. Rainn Wilson doesn't hold back: "Here's the guy from 'The Office' talking about suffering and death" 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z For the most part, contentment was in the everyday. We crammed 30 years into four when the love of my life got a brain tumour 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Stripped-down by Beyoncé’s standards, this was a tour de force of female empowerment, romantic contentment, sublime defiance and bravura kinesis — and of course vocal heroism of the highest order. Pop and Jazz Concert Highs of 2011 2011-12-28T23:32:40Z We produce writing, we produce art, because we love to, because it feels good, because we can't help it, because it rewards us in a self-perpetuating cycle with varieties of emotional and even spiritual contentment. Writing for love. And money 2013-03-05T12:56:55Z They mostly wish that others would find the peace and contentment they’ve discovered for themselves. Jesus, big money and the GOP: Before Fox News, there was “The 700 Club” 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Even a production as casually staged as the one by BT McNicholl this past weekend was enough to keep the picnicking crowd tittering in summertime contentment under a full moon. 'Spamalot' a summer treat at Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z She and Mandryka will move on, she knows, and find contentment. Music Review: Strauss’s ‘Arabella,’ at Santa Fe Opera 2012-07-31T21:48:43Z Dad was beautifully looked after, and I think found a measure of contentment there that none of us had expected. How Alzheimer’s took my brilliant dad, Lord Goodhart, in increments 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z Save your strength for No. 3, where the real work of contentment gets done. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She’s not game for her in-law’s family feuds 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Enjoy!” There’s something like excitement or fascination or contentment or vicarious transcendence at the heart of why we like sports. Sports fandom doesn’t have to be miserable 2013-04-15T16:45:00Z Her second-act solo was particularly wonderful, suggesting in its slowness a gathering in of contentment. Review: ‘Harlequinade’ Returns to New York City Ballet 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z In this freezing, forbidding place, where icicles hang from buildings like silver stalactites, Malgosia discovers not only fellowship but also an unexpected contentment. Movie Review: Wojciech Staron’s Family Stars in ‘Two Lessons’ 2013-12-15T21:53:54Z My hero, Robert Merivel reflects "how astonishing it is that Man attempts any Thing of Significance … when part of him knows that if he fails, all his former contentment will be lost." Rose Tremain: The art of not winning literary prizes 2012-11-08T15:15:00Z At what point did bitterness begin to seethe beneath the surface contentment? My son, the mass murderer: ‘What did I miss?’ 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z I have a hard time understanding my students’ contentment with wearing clothes, sporting hairstyles, carrying bags, and wearing shoes similar—if not identical—to everyone else’s. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z Instead, I let it whoop with contentment all the way back to town. Himalayan refuge: Tibetan traditions find a second home in India’s Dharamsala 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z A sense of middle-age contentment defines much of his music these days, which clearly makes matters easier on his instrument. Kurt Elling: The thrill is gone 2011-02-12T15:14:00Z And, once again, L.A. is a cultural wasteland where contentment is the enemy of good work. Learning to Look at L.A. 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z But a lot of us still need the sense of fantastical racial contentment that movies like “The Upside” and “Green Book” are slinging. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It had the perfect ingredients for a winning political message: a cute kid with an expression so neutral it could be taken for concern or contentment, plus an obvious symbol of patriotism. Who are all those smiling people in campaign advertisements? 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z She exudes a mix of contentment, pride and resolution. How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The rest, even their biggest hit, Pass it On, was much of a lovely muchness: you went home in a muzzy state of contentment, but the songs were a blur. The Coral 2010-07-15T21:15:00Z True contentment is browsing antique shops, flea markets, car boot sales and charity shops. Finding antique treasure in the most incongruous place – now that’s a thrill | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z For two chamber works he simply sat onstage and listened, beaming with contentment. Music Review: Very Old Instruments Embraced by the Young 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z The simple, a cappella melody gently rises and falls — a slow-motion tug of war between contentment and mournfulness — as the repressed father yearns for the courage that his daughter exhibits in her youthful independent streak. 'Fun Home' composer Jeanine Tesori hears the music in everyday life 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z There is a sharpness to Kronman’s theories about wonder and contentment—even, sometimes, a sense of frustration. The Sage of Yale Law 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Rubin is similarly devoted to sweating the small stuff — clean closets, manners — that contribute to the big picture of contentment. “Dinner: A Love Story” 2012-07-26T16:25:00Z She follows their progress attentively, on her face a look of rapt contentment — and just the shadow of a smile. Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z You say something later in the book, that if you can get through things and live a life of contentment, then no regret. Alan Cumming: "Life's just the same show with different costumes" 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Of course, definitions of “happiness” vary and metrics to measure contentment also differ. Uncovering the secret to collective happiness | Helen Russell 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Martin interviewed Turner in 2019 when she was 79 years old and secure in her status as one of modern music's greats, and from a place of contentment. HBO's celebratory Tina Turner doc gives her the final word on the woman behind the iconic name 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z It is hard to imagine an obsolescent Robert Plant, but if that is what happens, and the theatres get smaller, he will not seem to mind, such is the contentment he exudes. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z The key to contentment is to treat your family with the same respect with which you’d treat the public, Mr. Brolin summarized three days later in the Baccarat Hotel in Midtown. Josh Brolin Revels in the Role of Go-To Guy 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Jesse Green, The New York Times chief theater critic, called it “a wonderfully ungrand performance,” in which she wears flannel shirts, big jeans, work boots and “a look of sour contentment.” Phylicia Rashad wins Tony for best featured actress in a play for ‘Skeleton Crew.’ 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z For all the cultural unease his writing taps into, Pierre seems to have finally found a measure of personal contentment in Leitrim. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z But he radiates contentment, and thinks if his mother could see him now, it would "take her a little while" to get used to having a gay son, "but she would be happy". Lord Browne: 'I thought being gay was basically wrong' 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z In the last season, it was Brydon who was in flux, risking the contentment of his home life for a fleeting romance with a tour guide. ‘I like it when people think this is real’: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on The Trip to Spain 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z But this is ultimately a rather sad film, as most road movies are, because the restless travelling life can never bring peace and contentment. On the Road – review 2012-10-13T23:06:07Z But being able to focus on contentment may be the ultimate sign of success. Women’s power dressing enters the enlightened era Her voice carries us through questions about happiness, technology’s role in our lives, the importance of the body and how one might find a sense of contentment and belonging in the world. Big Tech Wants to Commodify Your Happiness 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Atlanta is where these characters are, as they seek contentment, purpose and balance. Welcome to the Future. ‘Atlanta’ Has Been Waiting for You. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z It might seem that cramped quarters or petty sisters or weak mothers or second-choice housing are the true enemies of contentment, but they’re not. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If you want family time, you’ll have to make accommodations 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Brown, a longtime contributor to Private Eye magazine, is capable of witty concision, as when he characterizes the Queen Mother’s “ruthless contentment.” Mad, Bad and Difficult to Know: The Life of a Rebel Aristocrat 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Contentment with travel was leading to contentment with life. People are happier when they live near public transit 2013-09-12T18:22:00Z For Florence, though, there can be no such contentment. ‘Winter’: a passionate reimagining of Thomas Hardy’s troubled love life 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Instead, I’d opt for books that through their prose, ideas or storytelling, trigger in me a deep sense of contentment and well-being. Review | You’re done with it all. You head for the hills. What books do you bring? 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z In fact, at difficult times like this, it’s often hoping for better that is the enemy of contentment. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Spoiling a grandchild is one thing. Handing him a lighter is another. 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Practice our own happiness and contentment and model of what we consider success. Parenting a teen is as intense as a baby, but very different. Why don't we talk about it more? 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Rolling Stone has dubbed Letterman ”Happy at Last” as he heads into retirement; for Dave, contentment is a sign that he should hang up his hat. David Letterman’s secret weapon: How being TV’s biggest grump made (and maybe even saved) his career 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z But it’s essential to, for the long-term contentment and cohesion of the whole. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: They want to test their DNA, and their mother has spiraling anxiety 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Mostly, there are her pleas for Ben to move in, attend their friends’ wedding and pursue bourgeois contentment together. Review: ‘Straight’ Glides Between Sexual Assumptions 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Everyday experiences of longing, regret, contentment and hope are given special melodramatic intensity because they are played out on the edge of the grave. ‘If I Stay’ Weighs Teenager’s Prospects After Horrific Crash 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The three C’s never entered the equation other than commitment, contentment and certainty. A potpourri of advice from near and far 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Tom and Gerri's middle-aged contentment is balanced by Mary, given to rambling, wine-fueled monologues, or the overweight, chain-smoking Ken, railing against the replacement of his favorite pubs by trendy bars full of young people. British director Leigh's "Another Year" at Cannes 2010-05-15T15:37:00Z One main symptom of SAD is craving carbohydrates, because they trigger the release of serotonin in the brain and bring on a feeling of calm contentment. Eat fish and get outside to help cure the winter blues 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Gionfriddo is far too smart to close with everyone finding balance and contentment. ‘Rapture’ revisits struggle to have it all 2013-07-23T00:15:20Z The drawings of Arnold Circus are sunny, full of heat and light and even contentment. Leon Kossoff's love affair with London 2013-04-27T10:00:04Z I adored his sense of humor and contentment. Modern Love: I Call Your Name (You?re Not There) 2011-01-27T23:12:33Z For the first half of “Haussmans,” directed by Howard Davies, I was purring in tickled contentment because the fine-tuned cast was so functionally dysfunctional. Critic’s Notebook: On British Stage, Baby Boomers Fare Poorly 2012-06-22T23:54:12Z Louis CK appears blessedly at peace with his life or at least less flamboyantly irritated than usual, which made me wonder if such contentment did not detract somewhat from his comedy. Louis CK Performs at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z He knew there can be contentment alone just as often as there can be loneliness among company. Perspective | ‘Walden’ may be the most famous act of social distancing. It’s also a lesson on the importance of community. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z If you create a stable next chapter for yourself, your contentment will help you to cope with their reactions. Perspective | Ask Amy: Homeowner confesses to out-of-control messes 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The later contentment of the “Double Fantasy” era includes the gratitude of “Woman” and the Asian strains of “Beautiful Boy,” Lennon’s ode to his son Sean. ‘Lennon: Through a Glass Onion’ Looks at the Former Beatle 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z We still have several more episodes in which to watch Ross and Demelza’s foundations get rocked, as they try to hang on to their morsel of contentment. 'Poldark' Episode 5 Recap: Heady vs. Grim 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Her descent is marked by the usual signs of addiction: an eroding sense of limits, a stream of banal lies, a metabolic incapacity for contentment. In ‘Adèle,’ a Young Woman Pounds Champagne, Spurns Hermès and Destroys Lives 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z It can feel its own acuity, its ability to question, doubt, analyse, imagine, worry, fear and ceaselessly sense its own mortality, being blunted – in starchy, sugary stupidity lies its chance of contentment. Fast food: the reason behind our national incompetence 2012-10-06T23:06:03Z In a later novel, “The Old Neighborhood,” the hard-driving protagonist reconnects with his childhood neighborhood in the Bronx, rediscovers his roots and finds inner peace and contentment. Avery Corman writes memoir of Bronx boyhood 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z But instead of feeling contentment, he experiences disconnection. 'Knight of Cups:' Why Terrence Malick is at the top of his game 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z First there was "hygge," the Dutch term for cozy contentment that rose to international prominence in 2016, conjuring images of sheepskin rugs, moody reading nooks and cashmere socks. Niksen, the Dutch art of doing nothing, is a wellness trend needed now when you're stuck at home 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z As I prodded a platter of shumai with my chopsticks, I was overcome with a sense of warm contentment. I don't believe in cheat days anymore, but sometimes I still miss them 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z He visits Neasden, an area in the north-west of the city that used to be a picture of white suburban contentment. Beyond the glitter 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The sense of contentment people experience when they gather around one is akin to the comfort they get when they taste it. The Deep Allure of the One-Pan Recipe 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Goode balanced the elements of sadness and contentment beautifully in his eloquent performance, sensitively supported by the orchestra. Louis Langrée and Richard Goode Featured at Mostly Mozart 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z It was also a speech, in case you didn’t get it, that indicted the lie-dream of capitalism; the idea that knuckling down in straight society delivered contentment rather than economic exploitation and spiritual ruin. ‘Choose Facebook, revenge porn, zero hours': what does the Trainspotting speech mean today? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z There's no inverted commas around Motion Sickness's joyful celebration of pop music's constant changeability, or How Do You Do, another paen to the simple but deep pleasures of domestic contentment. Hot Chip: In Our Heads 2012-06-07T14:31:02Z Summer brings continuous reminders that contentment is forever a moving target. The Lillet Blanc spritz is the easy, perfectly light cocktail to make this summer 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Happiness or contentment or fulfillment — if you don't look at it as a prize to win then there's really nothing that capitalism can sell you to make you want to buy it. “No One Tells You This”: That single women aren’t a problem for marriage and kids to fix 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Opposite me, a woman was breastfeeding her baby who had gone floppy with contentment. Bidisha's thought for the day: Children 2011-03-19T09:30:00Z His docile French bulldog, Denise, was the picture of contentment perched on a sofa between the dining room and bar, where tables were higher. In France, Our Dog Has His Day 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z There’s a glee that comes from making choices, a contentment that settles after we’ve asserted our autonomy. A New Theory of Distraction 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Can she find contentment with a kindly mediocrity? She's out of My League 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z It will be difficult if not impossible to be in any one place with contentment. Modern Love: A Roomful of Yearning and Regret 2010-12-09T23:30:00Z They differ widely in experience — from pros to those literally shaking with first-day jitters — but customer contentment is their raison d'être. Le Grand serves Gallic fare with American flair 2011-06-16T20:38:13Z Our perceptions of happiness — or contentment or bliss — are different across the world. Rainn Wilson doesn't hold back: "Here's the guy from 'The Office' talking about suffering and death" 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z A bull lay with his harem, groaning with contentment. In the Falkland Islands, a quest to see as many penguins as possible 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But Swinburne's own religiosity, while it may offer him contentment, is based on rigorous intellectual foundations. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z Portraying Lola, the British cabaret drag artist who becomes a designer of women’s shoes for men, Mr. Brady gleams with unassailable contentment and confidence, at least as long as he’s wearing a dress. ‘Kinky Boots’ With Wayne Brady as a Cross-Dresser You Could Take Home to Mother 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Just like that, Lucas’ contentment is shattered; he, who enjoys shooting deer on weekends with his buddies, becomes a hunted man. ‘The Hunt’: A lie with nightmarish consequences 2013-08-15T22:56:22Z After living in California for many years, she wrote tongue-in-cheek about her newfound contentment in a late poem, “Afternoon Happiness”: Carolyn Kizer, Pulitzer-winning poet who drew on women’s experiences, dies at 89 Yet in their mutual, sincere examination of the challenges and rewards of finding and maintaining contentment, they strike me as two of the year’s most joyous films. La La Land, Hidden Figures and films that squeezed happiness out of 2016 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z It’s also normal, I think, that your husband failed to see past your surface contentment. Carolyn Hax: Tired of living without joy 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Much of Taylor’s best music burns on alienation, on loneliness, yet he’s now dogged by contentment. James Taylor’s strength was melancholy. Now he must cope with contentment. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Initially, her “aptitude for contentment” seems less seductive and mysterious than Melissa’s restlessness. A Novel of Domesticity and Its Discontents, London-Style 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z That sense of contentment, as I suggested in the book, probably had more to do with the bottle of Shiraz I downed in the Oxford brasserie after leaving Swinburne. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z TIME: As a parent, is this role, as mother searching for an elusive sense of contentment, relatable to you? Kathryn Hahn: Happyish is All About 'Knowing Myself as a Person' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Abrahams writes as a foreigner investigating hygge; she combines expertise on Danish design with a memoir-ish approach about the search for contentment in her own life. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Kate is an undercover activist who has infiltrated a futuristic "contentment facility" in which old people are stored in life-support units before being fattened for human consumption. Battery Farm | Theatre review 2010-03-17T23:20:00Z Their contentment radiated outward as smug entitlement, as they expected their co-workers to fawn over them they way they did over each other. Cross Cuts: The Hard Work in ‘Before Midnight,’ Amour’ and Other Films and Shows 2013-06-19T15:15:49Z “There is always a sigh of contentment as you put fish pie on the table.” A Seafood Pie for the Feast 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z But after all the characters have been through in pursuit of love and contentment, you couldn't say they hadn't earned it. Hannah and Her Sisters: No 7 2010-10-16T10:48:00Z Photograph: Splash News/Corbis Hang around the Venice Lido in September, and you could form the erroneous impression that film critics are mellow souls who inhabit a haze of balmy contentment. Venice film festival – plenty of punch to disturb the peace 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z If her contentment threatens her creative output, she’s fine with that. Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z But then I started finding myself bobbing in an unfamiliar eddy: contentment with my station in life. Does happiness in your 50s signal the end of ambition? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Scattered with dried chilies, cilantro, onions and cumin, the fish kept our chopsticks moving at warp speed until nothing remained but a sense of great contentment. Peter Chang restaurant review: A master’s cooking, times two 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Minimalism’s rewards are more money, more generosity, more freedom, less stress, less distraction, less environmental impact, higher-quality belongings and more contentment, as Becker reels off in a series of bullet points. The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Might it make sense to believe in God for the possible contentment it offers when other answers may be equally unprovable, no matter how scientific their basis? Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z After the sun completed its descent, I tapped my legs against the vehicle, transmitting a Morse code of contentment to my buddy on this California road trip. In California, these minivans-turned-RVs take car camping to the next level 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Ten days of happiness, followed by a month, or two months, or a year of contentment. How I Lost the Fiancé but Won the Honeymoon 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The living space is where Roberts's industrial aesthetic meets Cave's desire for "balance, harmony, relevancy, contentment." | Nick Cave 2012-10-05T19:47:57Z Olivier is too much of a nincompoop to truly care about, and Parrot, on the cusp of his 50s, is mellowing into contentment. 'Parrot and Olivier in America': A historical, comic novel by Peter Carey 2010-04-23T22:16:00Z Surprisingly, you finding happiness and contentment isn’t always the first priority of those close to you. My bridesmaid keeps being nasty. Should I uninvite her? | Mariella Frostrup 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Beethoven is, of course, not about contentment but insurrection and transformation. Beethoven sounds a defiant tone at the Bowl 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Both announced early in their shows, with roaring contentment, how happy they were to be back on the Great White Way. When Home Is a Big Broadway Stage 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The three members of a band responsible for some of the most searingly bleak music of the past 20 years radiate a feeling of domestic contentment. Portishead 2011-07-16T23:04:05Z He is building his contentment on your misery, saving the best cuts of life for himself. Carolyn Hax: Woman isn’t wedded to sister’s destination choice for nuptials 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Rather, it’s narrow, lachrymose, and stereotyped, looking askance at Michael’s ego cloud only to coax viewers further into contentment with their own humble lives. The Condescending Compassion of Charlie Kaufman’s “Anomalisa” 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z A new book about medieval views on medicine helps explain the Oby nuns’ contentment with the cheapness of their lives. Bad Bishops, Bloodletting and a Plague of Caterpillars 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z In his filmed and recorded interviews you almost always encounter a man who seems born into supreme contentment: he listened, asked questions and had a good, hard, helpless laugh. Books of The Times: ‘Where the Heart Beats,’ John Cage Biography, by Kay Larson 2012-07-22T21:59:58Z The researchers discovered that the heart rates of participants who experienced amusement or contentment returned to baseline significantly quicker than participants who experienced neutrality or sadness. How watching TV in lockdown can be good for you — according to science 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Though an agitator by profession, Steinem speaks today of a new kind of contentment. Ever the activist, Steinem is in a reflective mode 2011-08-14T22:46:06Z Jimmy King will never show Nicola the requisite amount of bedrooms, children, holidays or spontaneous outbursts of home DIY to conjure even vague contentment playing around her miserable gob. World of lather 2010-07-30T23:03:00Z Yet, as a novelist, he had considerable sympathy for those who resist this imposition of contentment. Iain Banks dies aged 59 2013-06-09T17:22:02Z It doesn’t feel enough, though; he lives in a society where the goal, created in part by his own profession is “happiness,” something more than mere contentment. Review: Happyish Suffers from First-World Problems 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Sam used to live in a world of Disney-like cartoon critters and messages about contentment and perseverance. 'Unconditional': a religious message, shouted softly 2012-09-20T20:49:08Z They did not understand that what he found unbearable was to be ignored, and for this she was grateful, because being in the news brought Donald the closest he could be to contentment. ‘The Arrangements’: A Work of Fiction 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Why were they so careless of their own contentment? Books of The Times: Staying Civil as the World Convulses 2011-01-02T22:21:30Z But despite their very different presentations of domestic life, the two books have in common characters who sense something beyond, and better than, the settled contentment of their prosperous lives. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell – rereading 2012-06-08T21:55:17Z Increasingly, our obsession with the “best” was replaced by contentment with the very good, wines from regions like those above, with a bit less cachet but also a lot less guilt. When it comes to wine, weird is the new normal — and that’s for the better 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z A lawyer with a struggling storefront practice who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, Mike lives a life of suburban contentment shadowed by the usual material and moral anxieties. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z His golf sticks, as he called them, remain at the house, evidence of how hurriedly the family vacated in 1896, after four years of manifest contentment. Where Kipling Reared Mowgli (in Vermont) 2010-03-18T22:09:00Z Because home is boring, and domestic contentment a snooze. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: Cirque de Berserk 2012-06-06T17:30:54Z In the Old Town, close to the Turner, all is pastel-colored contentment. Britain’s oldest roller coaster is ready to ride after a $30 million park makeover 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But otherwise the giddiest height to which his emotions rise is contentment. Lionel Shriver: rereading Mr Bridge by Evan S Connell 2013-02-15T18:30:01Z The obstacles to contentment in Stephen McCauley’s “My Ex-Life” are less melodramatic and more internal. Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z And many of the best works — by Cheever, Salinger and their fellow luminaries — were about the malaise lurking behind the façade of white middle-class contentment. “Brad’s Status” feels like a movie about America in 2017, but it’s more timeless 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Mostly, that involves brewing artisanal teas, singing cute little songs about stasis and contentment, and persuading plants to grow into useful shapes. The Latest in Graphic Novels 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z We like to think the cause of death was contentment. All Black Cats Are Not Alike 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z I’d narrow it down to a specific one – a specific noise, or a specific sport – but there are too many of both, and all bring me equal amounts of contentment. The sounds of sports are music to my ears | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z We typically underestimate the feelings of contentment felt by the gray-haired set, and overestimate the joys of youth, which is often a time of uncertainty and volatile highs and lows. ‘The Happiness Curve’ Review: Midlife Slump and Late-Life Upswing 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z I dreamt of something deeper and more connected between me and a partner—maybe eye contact, love and closeness, a feeling of contentment rather than a gaping maw of “More!” My awkward sober sex life 2012-10-28T16:01:00Z His son is the picture of innocence, his beautiful young wife Elizabeth Banks can't hide her contentment and even Russell himself is attempting a smile. The Next Three Days: Russell Crowe goes wife saving (again) 2010-08-25T08:02:00Z There were times when Steve felt a curious kind of contentment being homeless, he says. Britain's hidden homeless and the death of Michelle Conroy 2013-01-20T08:00:00Z The concept of contentment is at the heart of the Buddhist philosophy that animates much of the Rubin’s collection. Rubin Museum’s ‘Happy Talk’ Pairs Entertainers and Scholars 2012-09-20T22:35:42Z The contentments start with gratis flatbread and four distinct dips. Review | With Aracosia, McLean gets its wish: A taste of Afghan 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z After reflecting on his own history and the sources of his contentment, Irons has, in recent years, chosen to work less and revel more in immediate pleasures. Jeremy Irons Is Transported by Renzo Piano and a Dog Named Smudge 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Following this "anxiety induction task", participants were randomly assigned a film clip that elicited either amusement, contentment, neutrality or sadness. How watching TV in lockdown can be good for you — according to science 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Or even – despite a 150-year-old industry devoted to convincing us otherwise – contentment? The case for “good enough”: Forget striving–our happiness depends on being satisfied with less 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z In a world of striving, the idea of contentment is suspect. Review | A popular blogger ponders a simpler life in ‘Enough’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Gaiman captures vividly the impotence of children "in the face of adult power", the fears and joys of childhood and the disconnect between happiness and contentment. Reader reviews roundup 2013-06-21T16:44:54Z Amid the effusiveness there is a contentment, a confidence, that mirrors the architecture of Christopher Wren. Grinling Gibbons: the wood-carver who took root in England 2010-09-08T09:51:00Z He spoke of “absolute joy” before the Schumann, then delivered something more like breathy contentment. Mostly Mozart’s Repertoire Broadens With Its Audience 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Those details add up to both a story and a complex character for Esmaili, the actor, to shade with worry, frustration, a little fear and these flickers of contentment. ‘The Charmer’ Review: Desperate Man Seeks Willing Lover. Watch Out. 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z On the Kanektok, one needs little to achieve a level of contentment. A do-it-yourself fishing adventure on Alaska’s Kanektok River 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z A posthumous future where “You have nothing to fear” and “There is nothing you can do wrong” sounds like infinite boredom — inhuman and alienating in its contentment. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z All settled down, all grown up, Mr. Affleck now has subtle flecks of silver in his hair, an unsubtle tone of contentment in his voice and a relaxed air. Ben Affleck Discusses Directing ‘Argo,’ His Third Film 2012-09-08T16:46:04Z The album combines the beauty and intelligence of his best earlier work with a new quality: warmth, generosity, possibly even contentment. Joe Jackson, Past, Present, and Fast Forward 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Iyer is known primarily for his travel writing, his erudite essays on literature, and his wise, restrained accounts of his Buddhist-inflected striving for stillness and contentment. Pico Iyer’s Japanese Love Story, from Spring to “Autumn Light” 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Does the road to moral enlightenment and matrimonial contentment absolutely lead into the beds of selected others? Review: ‘Yours Unfaithfully,’ on an Open Marriage and Its Pitfalls 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z It was a moment of the most intense contentment. Once upon a life: Paul Bailey 2011-01-09T00:05:19Z Before long Tarzan, by now a specialist in rescuing people from certain death, saves an African named Busuli, then joins his new friend’s people, the Waziri, among whom he finds contentment — for a while. Review | A look back at how Tarzan swung into immortality 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But you should know that the letter being quoted from is, by and large, radiant with its author’s contentment with his life then. Cate Blanchett and Chekhov, Together on Broadway 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z If you love “Better Things,” a comedy that ran for five delirious seasons on FX, Sam’s contentment is bittersweet. Pamela Adlon Wanted ‘Better Things’ to End With a ‘Sense of Hope’ 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z You can almost hear the sighs of contentment from a doting grandparent and happy child. Grandmas and Grandpas Are a Kid’s Natural Allies in These Books 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z But this is its summer of perfect contentment. Governors Island, a Grand Space to Play 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z This project came with sobriety and the contentment of moving into a country mansion just up the road four years ago with his third wife, Sally, and their two-year-old twins, Gracie and Alice. Inside Ronnie Wood’s cottage studio 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The dog's slumber and the happy expectation apparent on the faces of the people suggested a moment of undisturbed, hedonistic contentment. Extract: Trespass by Rose Tremain 2010-08-06T08:55:00Z Alberto is puzzled by his grandfather’s apparent contentment until he realizes that the old man is transporting himself into the railway, “every last detail of his creation engraved in his mind.” Review | In ‘The Heart and Other Viscera,’ Félix J. Palma turns mundane moments into spellbinding tales 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z There was a flicker of fancy on “Elevator Ride” and “Walk in the Rain,” ballads about elusive contentment; there was tension in “Darker Things,” in which Mr. Hampton tries on a winter coat of pessimism. Music Review: Alan Hampton Performs at the Living Room - Review 2011-09-14T22:05:03Z But sorrow and its implications cannot be banished entirely from this chronicle of their contentment. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z Above all, the faux commercials capture the blithe contentment of white people, a fantasy of white supremacy that is inextricable from American history—and continues to sell goods and win elections today. “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,” a Faux Documentary That Skewers Real White Supremacy 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z “There’s a strong self-care aspect to being able to say, ‘I’m making this boat my priority because it brings me happiness and contentment.’ Summer Vacation? Nah, I’m Taking a Creative Hiatus 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Commitment is as much about looking back to who he was as celebrating the contentment he feels today. Seal: The reluctant pop star 2010-09-16T22:00:00Z More than one reader felt that Adrian deserved more contentment than he had been allowed. Book club, week three: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13? 2011-01-01T00:05:27Z In another drawing she is splayed out nude on the lap of a medieval hero, but her stern mien expresses contentment and self-command. Pierre Klossowski Drawings Explore Eroticism and More 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Conleth Hill, as the hearty senior lecturer, represents a beaming contentment with life that turns out to be fatally misplaced. Quartermaine's Terms – review 2013-01-30T01:07:38Z As this show and your book talk about, it's that tension, it's that experience of hardships, challenges and sufferings that enable us to experience happiness or contentment. Rainn Wilson doesn't hold back: "Here's the guy from 'The Office' talking about suffering and death" 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z When he began recording his follow-up LP in 1978, he was the veritable picture of contentment. George Harrison's spectacular comeback: What 1979 meant for his post-Beatles career 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z His great metaphor, which he keeps returning to, is that finding contentment is like digging for food in a crab leg: You take whatever you can claw out. Four Stand-Up Specials That Showcase Hard-Working Comics 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Among the finalists, though, there was one bit of solace: “hygge,” a Danish term defined as “a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being.” The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z With a self-sustained contentment that is perhaps typically Milanese, she said simply, “I am convinced.” Cheerleading for Milan 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z “We stood steady as the stars in the woods/So happy hearted/And the warmth rang true inside these bones,” he sang in “Old Pine,” one of his few songs of contentment. Music Review: Ben Howard at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-03T21:27:26Z Miller exudes quiet contentment with his lot: he is married to actor Michele Hicks, and they have a two-year-old child. Frankenstein: Man or monster? 2011-01-17T21:44:01Z The writing is by turns confident and questioning, as the speaker considers the promise of matrimony — lifelong contentment and security — and its realities. Review | Marriage, feminism, politics, love: The best new poetry explores our passions 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Like most conversations with Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways” covers complex territory: trances and hymns, defiant blues, love longings, comic juxtapositions, prankster wordplay, patriotic ardor, maverick steadfastness, lyrical Cubism, twilight-age reflections and spiritual contentment. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z For Mr. Cai, it’s a rare moment of pride, a recognition that there is value, even contentment, in a hard day’s work. What Makes a Good Chinese Father? In a New Novel, It’s Complicated. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Author of 113 books – she publishes three a year – with sales of 590m copies, Steel is known for her bestselling stories of strong women struggling through difficulties to find contentment and love. Danielle Steel falls out of love with romance 2010-09-23T11:50:00Z The film basks in a similar mood of mild-mannered contentment. ‘Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom’ Review: Remote Learning 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “There is an intrinsic wellspring of good feeling about yourself that does actually supply a feeling of contentment.” How Aristotle is the perfect happiness guru 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Compared to the nervous energy of those films, Paterson is a departure, being about a couple who’ve found a measure of contentment. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I shy away from sex in my films. It makes me nervous’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Even more importantly, will this nation ever engage with its history and present in a way in which the contentment of white people is not central? Spike Lee vs. white savior films: "BlackKklansman" Oscar nod is nearly 30 years overdue 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The melancholy of Bach’s cantata hides a deeper contentment. Review: Bach Collegium Japan Returns With Chamber Music 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z With his face becoming increasingly recognisable, Fielder might not be able to pitch his radical ideas for much longer, so here’s hoping he finds some success and contentment. Nathan For You: finding the comedy in awkward commercialism 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In this charming animated remake of It's a Wonderful Life, Stewart makes stops in the past, present and future to see the paths his life could have taken and rethink the meaning of contentment. Netflix: Queue the disappointment 2011-07-19T17:20:00Z Nelsons took the second movement of the Sibelius, built on a deceptively simple rhythmic unit, at face value, without the pluck, personality or sly contentment others have mined in it. The Boston Symphony Finds Surprises and Strengths in New Music 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Eight months on, Frank and I are muddling along in an exhausted state of contentment. ‘I can’t forget the horror of my son’s birth’ | Leah McLaren 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z For some, it is Bake Off’s magical ability to induce the warm contentment, sprinkled with mild hysteria, of eating cake. Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Just like humans, these activities generate endorphins, hormones that generate feelings of warmth and contentment that flow into the birds' brains when they goof around. 'Gifts of the Crow': New book by Seattle authors about brainy birds 2012-06-04T01:30:06Z I hope I grow old like him with that feeling of contentment. Miraculous tales of the Irish cure 2013-09-27T05:13:00Z And right now, despite any concerns about "cresting the precipice," Pitt exudes contentment. Nearing 50, a heightened perspective for Pitt 2012-11-28T19:47:08Z He adds that these realizations tend to leave people with smaller but more enriching social circles, a predilection toward happiness over hassle and a higher likelihood of general contentment. Does happiness in your 50s signal the end of ambition? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z May we all, as has Abse, enjoy long years of contentment with our partners, may we tell them we love them and know we are loved. Two for Joy by Dannie Abse | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z Its advice to take up the hyggelig activity of cycling is accompanied by a motivational quote from that byword of existential contentment, Sylvia Plath. The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z There is something sky-like about the whole album, and its 41 minutes unfurl with an air of pleasantly stoned contentment, occasionally overcast by some gentle melancholy that passes like a fleeting cloud. Harry Styles Is Still a Dreamy Cipher on His Third LP, ‘Harry’s House’ 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z So instead Donovan looks out the window in contentment, surveying the sunlit and prosperous nation whose most important principles he has defended. “Bridge of Spies”: Tom Hanks goes full Jimmy Stewart in Spielberg’s flawed but disturbingly timely Cold War history lesson 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z He performed three Bach works, starting with the French Suite No. 5 in G. “Bach is always happy in G major,” he said, the key representing “life, joy, contentment.” Review: Richard Egarr and Carlo Grante on Keyboards 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Here, over a warmly ingratiating acoustic groove, West admits that contentment hasn’t displaced his old fury – that the rage is still within him, just waiting to spill forth at the right provocation. Justin Bieber and Kanye West: How their charm offensives differ 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z All the things you might expect from the holiday season — joy, anticipation, gratitude, well-wishing, fun and contentment — were combined in the Folger Consort’s “A Christmas Messe” at the Folger Library on Saturday afternoon. Review | The Folger Consort welcomes Christmas with a messe 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The term "well-adjusted" doesn't convey the extent of his apparent contentment. Steve Carell: 'I don't care for mean humour' 2010-10-14T20:30:00Z In moments of pure contentment, chickens even purr. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Levine is a psychologist and offers advice on how to avoid these pitfalls and encourage children to find success and contentment that’s deep and sustaining. 16 Parenting Experts Worth Listening To 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z After talking to Richard Swinburne, a British philosopher who believes in God, you wandered down a street "engulfed by a diffuse sense of contentment." Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z Occasionally we need to pay the price of our contentment, with fiction that expands our understanding of racial injustice in America and with the firsthand videos that bear witness to it. My Screens Are Filled With Black Death, but I Won’t Look Away 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Inside, Whitelock’s is a feast for the senses, with its tiled bar, etched mirrors celebrating long-gone breweries, dark wood and gentle murmur of contentment. In Leeds, England, searching for the city’s many owls is a real hoot There is a distinct sense of their contentment in being together. Turn down the music? You’d better ask my punk parents 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z One evening in Oxford, Holt enjoys a fine meal and bottle of Australian shiraz, then strolls around feeling “a diffuse sense of contentment.” ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-03T22:40:08Z In this way, she offers up the wisdom of contentment; the joy of embracing what is enough. Review | A popular blogger ponders a simpler life in ‘Enough’ 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Ten minutes later, as I tucked into another heap of gorgeously golden corn flour-dusted fried fish, chagrin gave way to contentment. Journeys: Chasing Anchovies on Turkey’s Black Sea Coast 2012-12-14T15:56:50Z Feeling Mortal finds Kristofferson embracing mortality with contentment, not regret, so it's a mystery why its songs don't feature in his live set. Kris Kristofferson – review 2012-12-05T19:47:56Z Irons glides smoothly over a barrage of judgments in “Marina,” “Death” being embodied in “Those who sit in the sty of contentment” and in “Those who suffer the ecstasy of the animals.” Jeremy Irons Breathes New Life Into ‘The Poems of T.S. Eliot’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Some youngsters who seem to come from privileged backgrounds — like a trio of equestrians near Turin — express contentment with the status quo. ‘Futura’ Review: Youth, Italian Style 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z And no sooner have we sighed with vicarious contentment at Stella's reunion with Mac than she is briskly announcing: "Of course, I regretted it marrying Mac Beresford." Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley – review 2013-05-12T09:00:01Z “Cosy” might be British, but warm, fuzzy feelings are universal, and Weir’s guide to comfort and contentment is pleasant if not particularly novel. When it comes to happiness, Americans are doing it wrong. These books are here to help. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Stately, mellow, warm, it sings with contentment, backed with a faith strong enough that when troubles darken the scene, you can practically hear Walter transfigure them with an understanding smile. Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In front of a wide screen on which topics are announced, a row of characters expose their delusions of individual freedom and contentment. Privates on Parade; In the Republic of Happiness; The Arabian Nights – review 2012-12-16T00:06:01Z Joan’s contentment is disturbed when she gets a chance to do media work and discovers that she’s a natural at it. Why "Mad Men" is bad for women 2010-07-23T11:01:00Z Looking closely at the photograph in the light of those words, her expression is surely one of deep contentment. Family life 2012-12-22T00:04:00Z He recounts these perceived shortcomings with an amiable ease that sounds a lot like contentment. ‘My brain feels like it’s been punched’: the intolerable rise of perfectionism 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes couples shuffle along in dreamy contentment while a spotlight singles one out for a moment — playful, seductive, impish. Review: Lindy Hopping Into the Present With Caleb Teicher and Co. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The timing wasn't a complete coincidence: I was 30, and something about the sheer animal contentment of motherhood made me realise, with mild panic, that I would now probably never write. Maggie O'Farrell, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Julie Myerson on working around parenthood 2010-08-01T20:45:00Z She does this even though she’s noticed that money seems to bring her clients little contentment, that “simply existing seemed an immense burden to them.” The Daughter of a Revolutionary Becomes a Wedding Planner. Drama Ensues. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Who don’t believe in lies, and bribes, and contentment And a lousy peace. Commentary: McCarthyism makes us agents in our own destruction. 'Fellow Travelers' shows how 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z In interviews, several immigrants who participated in the poll, including Hurtado, described contentment with aspects of the lives they’d built, but also nostalgia and sometimes exhaustion. 'You just take it and take it.' Immigrant workers describe discrimination they face on the job 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Over more than 60 years of published work, Glück forged a narrative of trauma, disillusion, stasis and longing, spelled by moments — but only moments — of ecstasy and contentment. Louise Glück, Nobel-winning poet of terse and candid lyricism, dies at 80 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z That mandate has been evident throughout training camp, with observers describing the tone as more business-like than previous years, pointing to a raised intensity and stripped-away sense of contentment. Clippers training camp gets serious: 'Toughest one for sure' 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Researchers emphasized that the study associated lower burnout levels with financial contentment and with physicians who “spent less time on administrative tasks, pointing to increased job satisfaction with less bureaucracy.” Physician burnout accelerated since COVID-19, study finds 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "He was a simple man, loved by everyone. He had a childlike quality and loved playing with our children. Our life was filled with joy and contentment," said Silbiya, tears rolling down her cheeks. Torture, rape, killings: An Indian state's brutal conflict 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z You can blame the contentment of these moms on the overabundance of fruits from our liberty. Lethargy versus tyranny: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for a revolution 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z He somehow managed to find a sort of peace - a place of contentment, as he later called it. George taught me so much about living - I will miss him terribly 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z "I'm a firm believer that most people have a base level of happiness or contentment in their life and I think I'm very lucky that I'm a happy-go-lucky guy," he said. Motor neurone disease: BBC TV writer aims for joy despite diagnosis 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z These images of contentment and positivity can easily leave some who see them on Instagram, TikTok or Facebook feeling as if everyone else is enjoying life more fully. To Mute or Unfollow? Experts’ Tips for a Mindful Approach to Social Media 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z New religions emerged that promised earthly contentment and eternal life and combined Greek and non-Greek elements. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Jefferson called this contentment “lethargy” and warned that it was “the forerunner of death to the public liberty.” Lethargy versus tyranny: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for a revolution 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z At 90, Nelson has never known more joy, more grief, more longing, more contentment, more everything, which is why we tend to believe him when he sings the word “forever.” Perspective | Willie Nelson might know what forever means 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z A lifetime of battles rarely produces pure contentment. Opinion | From poverty to fame, Harry Belafonte never lost his moral compass 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s that their expectations for contentment are more reasonable, and if they aren’t met, in the spirit of sisu, they persevere. The Finnish Secret to Happiness? Knowing When You Have Enough. 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Hellenistic philosophy emphasized the search for internal peace and contentment. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ms. Smith sent out a fund-raising email on Wednesday on Mr. Fetterman’s behalf, describing her own struggles with depression that left her unable to “feel joy or love or contentment.” Cloistered at Walter Reed, Fetterman Runs His Senate Operation From Afar 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z And in a final tip from Leahy: Think back to an experience of real contentment in your life. Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to deal with money envy 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z You use happiness and contentment interchangeably in your letter, but there’s a difference between them. Advice | Ask Sahaj: I feel guilty about my lack of career ambition 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z But she did not find contentment in life away from the spotlight. Melinda Dillon, 2-Time Oscar Nominee, Is Dead at 83 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Findings suggest that workers want to work in spaces enriched by art, culture and wellness, which they believe promote creativity and contentment. As many work from home, office landlords roll out entertainment to entice tenants 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z And that silence isn’t always a bad thing: In the movie’s radiant opening passages, Léo and Rémi have little need for words, so palpable is their contentment in each other’s company. Review: Bring tissues to the Oscar-nominated ‘Close,’ but also a little skepticism 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z And familiarity — which breeds contentment as easily as contempt — is in part the point. Love 'Columbo'? You'll devour the TV comfort food of 'Poker Face' 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “The isolation and loneliness really get to me…I try to find contentment and joy each day, but still I think about dying. I don’t look forward to more surgeries and recoveries.” 'The isolation and loneliness really get to me' and 'l I think about dying' 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Watching these trees slowly grow in my garden has been a source of contentment and calm. Perspective | During the season of resolutions, a vow to appreciate trees all year 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z How do I find contentment in my remaining years? Advice | Ask Amy: I haven’t had sex with my wife in more than 20 years 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z In his final days, Balcomb took contentment from the long memories and unique joy of a life spent amid the puff of whale blows. Ken Balcomb, chronicler of the southern resident orcas, dies at 82 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Meaning “just the right amount,” it fosters contentment and balance in all areas of life, not just among your knickknacks. From KonMari to Gezelligheid, cultures from around the world give meaning, guidance to our comfort items | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z She can choose either to remain despondent in her own vision of what could be or to join you in your actual contentment. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Mom blames herself for lack of grandkids 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Kaplan provides the reality that Jefferson stubbornly avoids, pointing out that many Virginia farmers, if not most, endured a subsistence-level existence that brought little satisfaction or contentment. Review | In the writings of Thomas Jefferson, clues to his inner life 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Looking: It sounds as if you already have contentment. Advice | Ask Amy: I haven’t had sex with my wife in more than 20 years 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The lesson of the legend of Faust, if you recall, is that his deal with the devil brought him power and parlor tricks but not happiness, or even contentment. I (almost) feel sorry for Kevin McCarthy 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Should I trust my feelings of contentment, or am I lying to myself out of fear? Advice | Carolyn Hax: Did ‘world’s greatest aunt’ give up on love too soon? 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z “Their contentment was unequivocal — in a theater, 6-year-olds tend to be enthralled or asleep,” I wrote in my review. Perspective | 25 years on, dad and daughter return to ‘Lion King.’ Cue the tears. 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Lola and several other characters throughout the collection believe that moving forward — whether toward contentment, acceptance or the next life — requires organizing their affairs. Review | Samanta Schweblin’s ‘Seven Empty Houses’ will keep readers guessing 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Research suggests slow blinks are associated with a positive emotional state and can be a sign of trust, contentment and affection, similar to a human smile. How to Tell if Your Cat Loves You, According to Science 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z But ultimately, his search for transcendence may have simply been a pursuit of contentment. Perspective | Pharoah Sanders walked among us 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z In return for pitching in wherever and whenever, I received free accommodations, daily breakfast and a sense of contentment knowing that, in some small way, I was alleviating the pain caused by the pandemic. In Morocco, a new take on working vacations 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z SPRINGFIELD, Pa. — Election rallies in this “season of discontent” — when was there a contentment season? — feature an amiable dystopianism. Opinion | While Oz campaigns about campaigning, Fetterman sells a synthetic authenticity 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z And while contentment may sound like a much more modest ideal, I can't ignore the appeal of the restrained happiness that other countries seem to have a better handle on. Americans are less happy than ever. What are we getting wrong? 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z It all gets very heady, with Alithea and the djinn jousting about whether science has replaced myth, whether fate exists and the nature of desire, contentment and purpose. Review | ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’: All talk and no magic 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z For two consecutive years, employee engagement — a measure of worker contentment or disgruntlement — has fallen in the U.S. workforce, according to Gallup. ‘Quiet quitting’ — not just for the ‘silly season’ 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z He explains that while shiawase is a state of contentment or happiness and freedom from worry, ikigai deals more with what makes life meaningful. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Such warnings are delivered by his narrators often just after a peak emotional moment either of contentment and resolution or of fear and anxiety. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Like Serena, I want to build a family, have love and feel deep contentment. Like Serena, I want to build a family, have love and feel contentment 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s perfectly fine as far as contentment, but everything is without passion. Where does Kim end up after 'Better Call Saul'? Rhea Seehorn reveals her theory 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “We just want to live and work in peace and contentment.” The Chinese dream of home ownership is crumbling. The economy could go with it 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z If your wife envies your contentment, then she needs to do something to find more — with your cooperation, of course. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Wife resents spouse’s easy, lucrative job 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The contentment that the Nelsons and others convey keeps tugging at me as I grapple with my skepticism about a region that comes across as so poorly planned — and so removed. In the vastness of the Inland Empire, people of color find 'peace in these troubled times' 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Moreover, the program, a mixed bill of short dances, offered without apology contentment instead of strife, amorous sensuality and irresistible virtuosity. Review: The Paris Opera Ballet's Hollywood Bowl debut is a balletic, awe-inspiring feat 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z His days, spent with a monk-like contentment knowing that each could be his last, are now largely reduced to the tree’s shade and the tree’s care. ‘Mango Man’ Is the Fruit’s Foremost Poet, Philosopher, Fan and Scientist 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The basics of paleolithic contentment remain the same in us and are available at any time. Sci-fi master Kim Stanley Robinson on the Sierra and why humans might just ‘squeak by’ 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Her insistence that you lessen your contentment, by taking on stress equal to hers, of all things, is absurd. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Wife resents spouse’s easy, lucrative job 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Mr Miles said public research showed while there was "reasonable contentment" with the timetable there, was "openness" to change. School holidays: Could Wales' summer break be cut to four weeks? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z A ritual for many was gone, and a place designed to represent contentment could not operate. How does Disneyland rate a year after its COVID-era reopening? 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z What was noticeable in the celebrations at full-time, and for the many jubilant minutes that followed, was Postecoglou's contentment to stay in the background. 'Magician Postecoglou conjures seismic Celtic shift' 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Eudaimonic well-being is a deeper sort of contentment related to living a life of purpose, a life we believe in. The problem with positive psychology: When the pursuit of happiness regresses into toxic positivity 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z That, ultimately, is the flaw in the plan, the problem with finding contentment in nothingness. A Plan That Worked Perfectly, Until the Moment It Didn’t 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z If the World Happiness Report is to be believed, Finns are masking a deep contentment built on an appreciation for a society that puts the public good first. Is Finland really the happiest country in the world? Finns weigh in. 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z And how else might they find contentment in this world? Review | ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 is less steamy. It’s also more relatable. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The screams, squeals and barks recorded from animals experiencing fear or pain are both longer in duration and more variable in tone than the sounds of contentment. When Pigs Cry: Tool Decodes the Emotional Lives of Swine 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z He loves bananas and his large, porcine nose wriggles with contentment as he bites into one. This two-story porcupine built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop might be the world's largest puppet 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z "Xinjiang now enjoys social stability, economic development, and people live in peace and contentment," he said. Activists urge UN rights chief to release delayed report on Xinjiang 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z But on a list of books that yield “contentment and well-being,” with the “powerful and disturbing” ruled out: “Lolita”? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: How did this incredible photo come to be? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z But their contentment soon gave way to a somber realization. Coast Guard recovers one body as search for 38 missing at sea continues off Florida coast 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Looking at the two men in my life standing next to each other in quiet contentment, I had an overwhelming feeling of peace. Finding love as a trans woman 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z That contentment, earned by a lifetime dedicated to the art, made the swift end to Robinson’s career all the more painful. A D.C. piano man left behind by pandemic recovery 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z I don’t know when or even if I’ll feel like I’ve “made it” after I unpack everything at my new home, but there’s a quiet contentment in knowing that I’m pushing forward. Perspective | Zen puzzle game ‘Unpacking’ strikes a bittersweet chord as I leave my hometown behind 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Yet in the Weeknd’s telling, this album is as much about manifesting contentment as about reflecting it. A kinder, gentler (but still freaky) Weeknd delivers 2022's first great album, 'Dawn FM' 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z She seemed to have cracked the elusive code of contentment, which made it seem possible for the rest of us. Opinion | The enduring, aspirational appeal of Betty White 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z The whole while, the old woman simply stirs her pot with careful attention and with an obvious contentment. What Stone Soup Means to a Seasoned Chef 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Fabian Musto, who joined four years ago at the age of 13, says Geograph has brought him a sense of contentment. The 'map nerds' who are building a national archive 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z But she no longer feels compelled to leave a definitive legacy behind, and contentment, whatever that means, will continue being on her terms. Jennifer Tilly wanted to be 'a big movie star.' A life in Hollywood changed that 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z So the teenager turns, on this late summer day, like on all days, to a spiritual routine that brings contentment, peace and a feeling of deep connection to something much larger. From spellcasting to podcasting: Inside the life of a teenage witch The Istanbul-born author explores the thin line between chaos and contentment, creativity and madness through Agnes, a painter who rents her apartment to a student researching Gothic nudes. 11 books to add to your reading list next month 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z "It's been emotional. But there's just a sense of peace and contentment that I feel -- it's just joy and happiness," Lloyd said. Carli Lloyd caps off illustrious US Soccer career with 6-0 rout of South Korea 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z “It’s been emotional. But there’s just a sense of peace and contentment that I feel — it’s just joy and happiness,” Lloyd said. Carli Lloyd plays final match for US in rout of South Korea 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Now his journey is complete, he says his travels have left him with a "real sense of contentment". Surrey cyclist completes 5,000-mile round-Britain challenge 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Lurtz believes that gratitude can increase contentment and reduces the desire to “keep up with the Joneses” by overspending or working excessively. Liz Weston: How gratitude can help your financial life 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z But Sable’s desert world, hiding discoveries buried within and above the dunes, enticed me into a state of pleasant and quiet contentment instead of mindless wanderings. Sable is an adventure made from the most chill parts of Breath of the Wild 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z "I've looked back with it with like a sense of contentment," he says. Nick Grimshaw on leaving Radio 1: 'I've interviewed everyone, twice' 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Transported from the darkness of heathen Africa to the civilized and Christian New World, grateful slaves found contentment and happiness…. America's history wars get serious: Texas GOP wants to dump MLK, whitewash KKK 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The photos show the star going through a bevy of emotions from discomfort, happiness to contentment in her husband’s arms. Hilary Duff shares intimate photos of her labor with third child: 'Cheers almighty mothers' 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z The contentment he got from making music was like nothing else, so perfect it almost felt holy. The Subversive Joy of Lil Nas X’s Gay Pop Stardom 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Edward Diener, 74, a playful social psychologist who was nicknamed Dr. Happiness for his pioneering research into what defined contentment, died April 27 at his home in Salt Lake City. This week’s passages 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z “And I think for many people, they’ve discovered that contentment and purpose for them may lie outside of work.” How Do They Say Economic Recovery? ‘I Quit.’ 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z China’s leaders often boast that their governing model brings “stability” and popular contentment. Opinion | Another hammer drops on Hong Kong 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “But,” she says, “I can’t overcome a certain perplexity that here I am contemplating suicide … in a state of relative contentment.” An older couple considers dying on their own terms in ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’ 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z He even used one of Rivera’s favorite sayings — “Be where your feet are” — to explain his apparent contentment. Perspective | There has been little excitement at Washington OTAs this year. That might be a good thing. 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Sat back in his chair as the sun shines on the leafy Vale Resort, he speaks with an air of contentment which belies the frustration of an injury-hit few seasons. 'Brilliant, brave, frustrated' - Ramsey, Wales' great enigma 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z They spoke of a Southern “nation” united against Northern “aggression,” and of the happiness and contentment of their enslaved “servants.” Opinion | What a true Memorial Day celebration looks like 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z I feel a very comforting contentment living here. It's been one year. Here's how our readers feel about L.A. now 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Certainly Gunda’s days, though they’re mostly spent suckling, snoozing or snuffling, seem full to bursting with the business of getting on with things, punctuated with periods of lazy contentment or high comedy. Review: 'Gunda' proves to be a wordlessly sublime slice of porcine life down on the farm 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The monarch of introversion, none sighs with more contentment as Bert when he is alone with a book. Judge John Hodgman on Which Sesame Street Character You Are 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Menczer, who said she repaired her trophy, expressed contentment with where she is in life and with the state of the tour. In an Australian beach town, the bus driver is an ex-world champ who’s just now getting her due 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z “These stereotypes lead to stigmatization of health care for pregnant women or mothers who experience depression or anxiety, rather than only joy or contentment.” ‘I Just Wanted To Disappear’: Women Saw Themselves in Meghan’s Pregnancy Struggle 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Studies show that in many countries, including the United States, contentment grows from our 50s until about 70. How you will be remembered depends on how you live today. So, too, does your happiness as you get older. 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z For all of the relative contentment that my siblings and I felt, we did mess some things up. Dad, a Death Sentence and the Planner Who Set Us Straight 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Chen builds a world in which oppression and contentment coexist, not some awful near future but the bizarre here and now. Review: The comforts of oppression, in a journalist's wildly inventive fiction 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Echoing Leibowitz’s research, she added, “These periods bring about a sense of grounding, contentment, happiness and togetherness.” What’s known as ‘mental reframing’ can help us with all kinds of physical and psychological challenges 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z On my last visit, he looked frail and pained by his various ailments, but he also had an air of contentment, clearly never tiring of being the conduit for human interactions. Jim Haynes: A man who invited the world over for dinner 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z “Freedom,” she wrote, and “contentment,” “commitment,” “connection,” “prosperity” and “love.” After a year like this, expect a strange New Year’s Eve 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “On the flip side, they can have positive experiences like pleasure, reward and contentment that we want to try to promote.” Is Dairy Farming Cruel to Cows? 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Marvelle at Southcenter is a place where absolute convenience allows for a balance of contentment, exhilaration and companionship for savoring the best of days. 55+ community provides peace-of-mind living | Provided by Marvelle at Southcenter 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “Viewed overall, Xinjiang is enjoying a favorable setting of social stability with the people living in peace and contentment,” Mr. Xi told the meeting, according to the summary issued by Xinhua news agency. Brushing Off Criticism, China’s Xi Calls Policies in Xinjiang ‘Totally Correct’ 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z The aroma and sizzle unleashed by tadka as it hits the vegetables is a heady sensory experience and a harbinger of the contentment to follow. Tadka — a spice-infused oil or ghee — can take any salad from ho-hum to flavorful 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z He’s an eager student of his own work, but also fearful of learning too much, of breaking the spell of his contentment. Review: The long-awaited followup to 'Jonathan Strange" is even more magically immersive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Our contentment in life is so often determined by which voices we choose to listen to and also by which stories we choose to tell — and believe — about ourselves. Review: Justine Triet's 'Sibyl' is a sly, sexy and beautifully acted comic thriller 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z I Wish I Was a Mountain embraces big questions about time and contentment. Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z At first, the lockdown was a period of unusual contentment. The 17-member family that lived together, ate together and got coronavirus together 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z True contentment in the modern world - now that is a good look for all seasons. Weller: 'People weren't ready for my house record' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z As the family grew, the poems conveyed the contentment of being together in their "wild, tangled" home in Brentford, west London, "secure against the world and weather". ‘I wrote my wife a poem every day for 25 years’ 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The bride’s gut wrench reaction of disappointment was gradually replaced with a lighter feeling: contentment. Restrictions move couple’s ceremony to family hayfield 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Just being able to inhale deeply is a universal theme of contentment. AP PHOTOS: Finding joy amid pandemic’s anxiety and heartache 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Are our most obvious achievements catalysts for contentment, or are they a prison? Opinion | A Politician Takes a Sledgehammer to His Own Ego 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z In the “Ring Song,’’ she uses light verse to convey the abruptly shifting rhythms of deprivation and contentment, the sense that happiness is ultimately a human reflex as much as it is an aspiration: They Survived the Spanish Flu, the Depression and the Holocaust 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z But the soft and sleepy contentment of a game well won, an afternoon without qualms or catastrophic injuries or late drama or existential angst: this was the unfamiliar part. Arsenal turn on the style in second half to thrash Newcastle 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z Scenes of fun and contentment turn into intense peril, and people are killed in a variety of ways: They’re gunned down, stabbed and blown up. What to watch with your kids: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog,’ ‘Farmageddon’ and more 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z For the most part, Instagram people preached positivity and contentment, and reminded themselves and their followers that the aesthetic harmony attainable in images was fleeting, not sustainable as a way of life. Infinite scroll: life under Instagram 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But as Lizzie Cernik discovers, some singles find greater contentment by giving up sex altogether: “I started to see myself as a person,” says one former celibate, “rather than a girlfriend or a sexual plaything.” US briefing: Trump's defence, Middle East peace and Kobe Bryant 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Sadly, this period of contentment came to an unfortunate end on Nov. 4, 1975, when police discovered two bodies inside a popular bar in South Seattle. Seattle’s Queen of Neon: Meet the designer of the city’s most iconic signs — from the Elephant Car Wash to Dick’s Drive-In 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Democrats expressed contentment that they have done their part to uphold the Constitution and now it’s time for the Senate to do its job. McConnell sets stage for impeachment trial launch, warns 'both sides' could call witnesses 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z They don’t look for euphoria; they look for contentment and safety. Filmmaker's adventure creates a connection to nature he shares in 'Biggest Little Farm' 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Getting into bed, nestling down, there are a few minutes of contentment that remind me of how it always used to be. ‘It’s as if I’m falling from a 50-storey building’: a year without sleep 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z “This is my purpose,” says Johnson, his voice awash in a contentment that was missing when he was surrounded in purple drama. Plaschke: Magic Johnson sees his signature on the Lakers' success 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Xinjiang enjoys political stability, economic development, national unity, social harmony, and … people there live and work in peace and contentment.” Arsenal star Mesut Özil draws China’s wrath after criticizing treatment of Muslim Uighurs 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z That combination of contentment and relaxation allowed Ancer to produce some of the most memorable shots in these mildly astonishing matches. No question about it, Abraham Ancer keeps coming up big for the Internationals - Golf Digest 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Guardiola’s assumed a look of quiet contentment but it was not destined to last long. Jonjo Shelvey’s stunning strike rescues a point for Newcastle United 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z A sigh of quiet contentment that I couldn’t understand. Opinion | I used to hate Mister Rogers. Then I discovered how much I needed him. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Andrea Magno, director of color marketing and development for Benjamin Moore, went with a Scandinavian color theme in an entryway where the floor, wall and stairs create that feeling of contentment, known as hygge. 5 ways to freshen up a room this fall | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z So he has reached a rare state of professional contentment, except in his case it’s an anxious kind of contentment because he is fundamentally an anxious kind of person. David Mitchell: ‘I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z It arrived as part of the effort, beginning in the 1990s, to build a “positive” psychology: a more complete understanding of sustaining qualities such as pride, forgiveness, grit and contentment. Be Humble, and Proudly, Psychologists Say 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In his memoirs, Williams, “too long accustomed to transitory attachments,” recalls his initial reluctance to commit and his subsequent realization that, with Merlo, contentment could finally be his. American Dreams in “The Rose Tattoo” and “Soft Power” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z She and Margolis did attempt to control for the possibility that simply being more sociable drove the gains in extroverts’ contentment with an unpublished follow-up study. Quiet Disadvantage: Study Finds Extroverts Are Happier—Even When They’re Really Introverts 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z To avoid overreacting, the discussion about economic health needs to shift to measures that better capture satisfaction and contentment, like per capita income growth. Opinion | What’s Wrong With the Global Economy? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z “As I have a new partner since one year, I find my sexual life has never been better and it is certainly very frequent. Very much the reason for my happiness, contentment and well-being.” Why a Woman’s Sex Life Declines After Menopause (Hint: Sometimes It’s Her Partner) 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The 48-year-old prides himself on unerring self-analysis, knowing where, precisely, he is regarding energy levels, contentment and desire. Premier League 2019‑20 preview No 11: Manchester City 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “It comes and goes, it’s like a summer rose, and we settle for contentment and the status quo – and suddenly it’s there again.” Petula Clark: ‘Elvis angled for a threesome – he was raring to go’ 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z He found a new sense of equanimity and contentment. Army veteran transforms his life with yoga 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z I learned to read micro-expressions, interpreting small facial shifts for fear, anxiety or contentment. Perspective | What is a good death? How my mother planned hers is a good road map for me. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z To look from face to face was to regard a study in contentment, or even, thanks to the pervasive cigar smoke, self-satisfaction. Inside the Cultish Dreamworld of Augusta National 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The movement, first sparked in urban areas struggling to handle both high crime and community distrust, is spreading to suburbs where most voters express contentment with law enforcement. Northern Virginia voters endorse a new mandate on criminal justice 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z His momentum was halted by his first bogey at the 14th, where his approach nestled in deep greenside rough, but he was a picture of contentment afterwards. Woods primed for U.S. Open after solid finish at Memorial 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Although his momentum was halted by a bogey at the 14th, where his approach nestled down in deep greenside rough, he was a picture of contentment afterwards. Final-round charge at Memorial primes Woods for U.S. Open 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z It is within your power to deny them that control over your day-to-day contentment. Mueller leaves House in a quandary 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “I let out a shriek of contentment so loud, the windows shatter. The whole world is silent for just a second. But it’s my second. Won’t you come visit?” Henry Rollins on the road with John Waters’ memoir, ‘Mr. Know-It-All’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Austria is indeed lucky to enjoy the semblance of stability and contentment. Views from a continent in flux 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z As this exchange ended, a look of contentment appeared on Mullen’s face, as if he were considering his transformation afresh. The Undercover Fascist 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z A pessimist by definition, he often expressed personal contentment. John Lukacs, iconoclastic historian, dead at 95 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z He has told people his greatest contentment comes from knowing that during his reign, not a single Japanese soldier has been killed in war or armed conflict. The human emperor 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z I think hacking is both silly stuff like how to tie your shoes but also the bigger stuff about how to find contentment in life, be it material or spiritual. What a scholar learned from studying the world of life-hackers 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z But most importantly she gave him the gift of a deep contentment: He never had to choose between the work that he loved and the woman that he loved. 'Like 100 men have left the room': Sally Jenkins' stirring tribute to her late father Dan - Golf Digest 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z To get that peace of mind in spending, you must first find contentment in savings. If you fall short on retirement savings, don’t blame it on the coffee 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z There was a rhythm and a repetition to the work that I liked, a sense of contentment in washing up at the night’s end and putting things back where they belonged. “Lulu” 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z He kept coming back to one of the great questions of his life: What’s your contentment? Perspective | What made Tony Bennett’s Virginia team vulnerable is also what makes it resilient 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The feeling it will end with for Wade is gratitude and contentment. Dwyane Wade, from the pleasure through the pain, was able to have his last dance The peninsula and its peoples detach from Europe and drift across the oceans, seemingly in search of a new home and contentment, which – spoiler alert – they never quite find. Britain has cut itself adrift from Europe. I fear we may sink | Martin Kettle 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z |
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