noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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This kind of joy is a deep contentment , fulfilment and peace from within.
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Lightheartedly, full of such deep contentment , I start to descend.
real
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Such New Men would find real contentment through voluntary partnerships with New Women.
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To live a life of real happiness and contentment is quite beyond his powers.
■ VERB
find
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Together, they find contentment , then discover she is to have his child.
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Pip has found contentment also by helping Herbert with is life by find and paying for him to start a job.
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Instead they looked within themselves to find solace and contentment .
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Such New Men would find real contentment through voluntary partnerships with New Women.
sigh
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The launch headed for Ardneavie jetty and Lucinda sighed contentment .
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Taking a deep breath she sighed with contentment .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I look for smiles and expressions of contentment in people's faces as I pass, but I don't see them very often.
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Joey sighed with contentment , snuggling down in his warm bed.
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Mitchell gave up his job, and says he found peace and contentment in living close to the land.
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The people of the village seem to live in peace and contentment .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her maids carried them upstairs and demure Penelope retired with great contentment in her heart.
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His contentment vanished when he reached the stream.
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May contentment reign within its borders, health and happiness within its homes.
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On his side he received what her generosity bestowed with great contentment .
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The feeling of contentment produced by gin-and-water had now disappeared, and the beadle was in a bad mood once more.
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The sight of them all gave her a feeling of warmth and contentment .
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Then she found she was doing all this already, and a sigh of utter contentment shivered through her.
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Together, they find contentment , then discover she is to have his child.