Sentence examples for cannot be contented from inspiring English sources

"You cannot be contented," said he, "to die with Phocion?" One of his friends that stood by, asked him if he wished to have anything said to his son.

One thing is clear to me: one cannot be content to play a cipher.

He cannot be content that his best hope was to turn to the promising teenager Dedryck Boyata.

Surely, he cannot be content with the way the Mets have played.

"We cannot be content with having opened a new visitor attraction," said Ms Melia.

We cannot be content to simply read cooking recipes or whatever else catches our whimsy.

It cannot be content to leave any of its citizens behind — and certainly not the forty-seven per cent whom Romney wishes to fire from the polity.

A liberal government like the one we have now cannot be content with reducing benefits for all and hoping people will call that fair.

We rebel against it with Helen; we cannot accept this triumph of nature without seeming to love something infinitely precious; life is a compromise, but the spirit cannot be content with mere solidities.

We rebel against it with Helen; we cannot accept this triumph of nature without seeming to love something precious; life is a compromise, but the spirit cannot be content with mere solidities.

We therefore cannot be content to gain access to academia and we have to ensure that black studies can be used to connect the university into the struggles to improve conditions in the wider society.