have contented
- present perfect of content.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
While other producers might have contented themselves with their achievements far earlier, Marty Krofft indicated to The AP in 2015 that he no had interest in stepping back from show business.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
After last summer, he could have contented himself to rake in cash and sit at home as a kind of chairman emeritus.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
Prosecutors should have contented themselves with proving that the Bundys and their band appropriated and damaged public property.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
A lazier, less passionate playwright might have contented himself with rewriting Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in different ways, or just quit when the critical reception got rough.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2016
The latter alternative would have contented Germany for the moment, who would then have dispensed with a breach of the peace.
From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris
