Sentence examples for has contented itself from inspiring English sources

In Afghanistan and Iraq, the administration has intently worked toward what it calls regime change, but in the Palestinian Authority it has contented itself with periodic public gestures and demands.

Over the years, the Met has now and then called on distinguished dance-makers (Frederick Ashton choreographed the beautiful "Rossignol" in the "Stravinsky" program), but generally it has contented itself with choreographers of the second or third rank, people who knew their place.

RIM has contented itself with recycling their design language, so a huge shift from the norm like this is sort of reaffirming.

Meanwhile, Congress has contented itself with setting only symbolic standards for border security (no illegal entries) and has never tied border enforcement funding to meeting meaningful performance standards.

So far, the legislature has contented itself with simply not paying bills to cities like Chicago, rather than making an unpopular tax hike in an election year.

Rather than attempting to outdo the iPad's sleek hardware -- a tall order -- Amazon has contented itself with a $199 tablet, half as expensive as the cheapest iPad, that is functional, but not fabulous.

Similarly, Japan might have contented itself with a few local conquests.

Instead, the government seems to have contented itself to wait for the end of her trial.

It had contented itself with little more than a wringing of hands when he went on to gas his own people.

"GREY GARDENS," the story of creepy Kennedy outliers Edith and "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, could have contented itself to be a Hamptons Gothic campfest, merely theatricalizing the tone and structure of the 1975 documentary on which it's based.

While Czech Republic had briefly suggested it could follow Trump's line, it quickly reversed its position, and by last week had contented itself with merely abstaining in a UN general assembly vote that overwhelming criticised Trump's move.