The phrase "a contended" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not a commonly used expression and does not convey a clear meaning in this form.
Example: "He was a contended individual, always satisfied with what he had."
Alternatives: "a satisfied" or "a contented".
Or by the time you have, it's too late anyway… If you own a dog, you'll know they fall into two main categories: the ones who curl up and sleep through the journey with a contended look on their muzzle, or the ones which dribble, whine and are usually sick – my dog definitely falls into the latter category.
In this article, we investigated a specific attribution problem by adopting said twofold approach on a contended Van Dyck painting, depicting Saint Jerome with an angel (Fig. 1a).
Refuting the constraints of the wall or the floor, they exist comfortably in a contended middle ground, making the exhibition intriguingly self-guided.
More often than not, he has been in a contending position on the final day.
Now, he hopes to salvage something from this season and serve a role on a contending Mets team next season.
He is breathing and he is building a contending baseball team, so he has his priorities covered.
This turns the interactions between ethnic groups into competitions, creating a contending arena for power and interests.
However, the ability of biofuels to positively contribute to climate change mitigation continues to be a hotly contended issue [ 5].
"Putting a Jewish woman on TV lecturing to Muslims about Islam is a disaster," he contended.
Couples, who shot a 71, has contended in the last three Masters.
Less clear is whether it was, as he contended, a breach of baseball etiquette.
