Explore Discontented through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like discontent or unhappy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Discontented in a sentence
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Discontented meaning
- Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction.
- Of or pertaining to discontent.
Synonyms of Discontented
Using Discontented
- The main meaning on this page is: Experiencing discontent, dissatisfaction. | Of or pertaining to discontent.
- Useful related words include: discontent, unhappy, displeased, unsatisfied.
- In the example corpus, discontented often appears in combinations such as: discontented with, of discontented, discontented voters.
Context around Discontented
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discontented
- In this selection, "discontented" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, left, congress, grew, people, voters and members stand out and add context to how "discontented" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and was discontented at a and became increasingly discontented with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discontented" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discontented
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was perpetually discontented with the world around him. (9 words)
But only a few months had passed when he grew discontented. (11 words)
While accepting British rule, they were discontented with certain policies and treatment. (12 words)
Yes, there are other countries that have people suffering from mental illness, political and religious fanatics and discontented workers, but none with a body count as remotely high as America’a. (31 words)
At the same time, the effects of the government’s affirmative action policies of the 1950s and 1960s had been to create a discontented class of educated but underemployed Malays. (30 words)
In a notice of appeal, Owino says he is discontented with the conclusion by Justice Joseph Sergon that Embakasi East parliamentary election was marred by violence and irregularities. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said: “There’s a lot of discontented people in West Auckland who feel forgotten.
It would be ironical if Trump and Kennedy teamed up to appeal to millions of discontented voters.
While accepting British rule, they were discontented with certain policies and treatment.
I also suspect that many in government foolishly reckon that a doped population will be too apathetic to be discontented.
Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) no longer has the discontented members among its ranks.
His manager was left discontented at not being granted a choice centre-back in the summer.
In a notice of appeal, Owino says he is discontented with the conclusion by Justice Joseph Sergon that Embakasi East parliamentary election was marred by violence and irregularities.
That doesn’t mean that the anomie from which so many of our discontented fellow citizens apparently suffer is illusory.
Yes, there are other countries that have people suffering from mental illness, political and religious fanatics and discontented workers, but none with a body count as remotely high as America’a.
After the public school system was widely developed beginning in the 19th century, some parents found reasons to be discontented with the new system.
And that’s a population that’s very discontented, and today getting together.
At the same time, the effects of the government’s affirmative action policies of the 1950s and 1960s had been to create a discontented class of educated but underemployed Malays.
Brant, p. 100; Chernow, p. 176. Congress and the army While Hamilton was in Congress, discontented soldiers began to pose a danger to the young United States.
But only a few months had passed when he grew discontented.
Dowland also sets the opening verses of Essex's poem "The Passion of a Discontented Mind" ("From silent night") in his 1612 collection of songs.
Farmers became increasingly discontented with the fixed prices paid by the compulsory marketing authorities set up as a wartime measure by the Hughes government.
He was a delicate, neurotic child and was discontented at a number of boarding schools.
He was, however, also prone to laziness and weakness of character that discontented nobles and the King of France exploited to stir discord with his father William.
He was not, as the Jacobites and discontented Whigs of his time have represented him, and as ill-informed people still represent him, a prodigal and corrupt minister.
He was perpetually discontented with the world around him.
Common combinations with discontented
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- discontented with 8×
- of discontented 6×
- discontented voters 2×
- were discontented 2×
- be discontented 2×
- discontented at 2×
- is discontented 2×
- and discontented 2×
- discontented and 2×
- discontented mind 2×