content
noun
Usually contents.
was contenting
-
past progressiveof content.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In being hearing something she was contenting in producing hearing that thing.
From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Gertrude Stein
When sleep came, he was contenting himself with the thought that morning doubtless would give him clearer insight to the situation.
From Beverly of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
The natural result was that while Somerset was contenting himself with border raids, instead of espousing the cause of the Castilians, Prance was acting.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
