Sentence examples for discontents from inspiring English sources

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The word "discontents" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to people who are dissatisfied and unhappy about something. For example: "The discontents expressed their dissatisfaction with the government's proposed reforms."

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discontents

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Plural of discontent

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Or was she right to quit and make her stand on the TV bulletins and front pages, fed up that she had made her discontents known but not been taken seriously?

It renamed itself the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), salvaged many of its assets (in ways that critics have called criminal) and emerged soon enough as a kind of regional protest party for the discontents of unification.

The price of annexation would be huge, starting with the definitive alienation of western Ukraine; the burden of administering a run down region whose discontents, at present focused on Kiev, could soon be aimed at Moscow; and the further political and economic costs of the rupture with the United States and the EU which would be an inevitable consequence.

Seneca was obsessed with money and its discontents.

A sprinkling of B-list celebrities aside, the student body is top-heavy with doctors, dentists, media professionals and local politicians: in other words, middle-class discontents from Japan's two decades of post-bubble ennui.Critics have noted the obvious parallels with 1930s Germany.

Instead of Claudio Loser, an affable Argentine who heads the Fund's Latin American department, this week's mission is being led by Anoop Singh in a new post of chief troubleshooter.In this section Duhalde's survival struggle On troubled waters Simmering discontents The right to drive or the right to breathe?

If Venezuelans' discontents mount, they may do so unreported.

The Predators are a key "force multiplier", especially helpful in rugged, isolated stretches.In this section On the beach Moderates needed Sparks flies Altogether now Fighting the flab Birds on patrol Rod Blagojevich, superstar The open society and its discontents ReprintsPredators already fly over New Mexico and Arizona, and along America's border with Canada.

A recent general strike reminded voters of their biggest discontents: recession, austerity and joblessness.

The tax "wedge" (the gap between what an employer pays and the employee receives) is as much as three times bigger in France than in Ireland.In this section A step too far Pasok and its discontents Labour pains Love in a cold climate Life under Yanukovich And for my next trick A grim tale of judges and politicians ReprintsThe French were enraged.

Itamar Franco, Brazil's caretaker president from 1992 to 1994 and now the maverick governor of Minas Gerais state, may also run.Despite its firm recovery from the devaluation, Brazil has many discontents, from social problems to corruption.

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