Sentence examples for contentment at from inspiring English sources

Craig Levein's contentment at a rare, impressive showing from Scotland away from home will be tempered by the reality.

To gentle string accompaniment he painstakingly picked out the melodies, radiating contentment at the modest dignity of his offering.

Weiner did not reveal what he is working on next but expressed contentment at the reception of Mad Men's finale.

But she told The Independent that she had found contentment at Glastonbury, and, in the festival's success, a sense that she was a worthy Churchill after all.

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".

The brooding One Thing hopes for contentment at small things ("tasteless shows on our TV") while retaining a sense of wonder.

But then, transactions that generate contentment are at odd angles to the amount of dosh involved.

But most people — particularly anxious New York types — probably have spent some time pondering a more existential question, which he puts bluntly: "What the hell is happiness, anyway?" The concept of contentment is at the heart of the Buddhist philosophy that animates much of the Rubin's collection.

As we approach the midnight hour, we can look back at our brief day and what stands out are not the moments of tranquillity, contentment, being at peace; what has made our lives worthwhile has been the stress, disturbance, the crises, the traumas, the heartaches, the helter-skelter rollercoaster of life, those shared moments of perturbation.

All ill participants reported less contentment than at baseline than well participants.

This is a haunting story about a futuristic society where life is rigidly structured, and contentment comes at the cost of conformity.