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Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has contented himself with an election night party in Columbia.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2016

Unable to afford TV saturation of New York's 2,400,000 voters, Christenberry has contented himself with strained sidewalk handshakes and alliterative speeches.

From Time Magazine Archive

With no vestige of a Cause at stake, Playwright Shaw has contented himself with assembling snatches of agreeable small talk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seemingly President Hoover is well pleased that Ambassador Gibson has contented himself with stating these principles' broadly and keeping the Hoover Formula in his pocket.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has contented himself with weaving a tensely written story around one Event, and concentrating the whole love interest of the book upon two people.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]