How to Use discontent in a Sentence

discontent

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent.
  • The fans are always discontent, and the ex-players in charge of the football section of the club at war with the players.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Girls who were discontent with their bodies at 14 had mild, moderate and severe depressive episodes at 18, while boys had mild and/or moderate depressive episodes.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Employees in this group tended to be discontent and unmotivated with plans to also leave their companies.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • There was also discontent with Disney’s content, which seemed to be increasingly liberal on social and cultural issues.
    — Mark I. Pinsky, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent.
  • The fans are always discontent, and the ex-players in charge of the football section of the club at war with the players.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Girls who were discontent with their bodies at 14 had mild, moderate and severe depressive episodes at 18, while boys had mild and/or moderate depressive episodes.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Employees in this group tended to be discontent and unmotivated with plans to also leave their companies.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • There was also discontent with Disney’s content, which seemed to be increasingly liberal on social and cultural issues.
    — Mark I. Pinsky, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent.
  • The fans are always discontent, and the ex-players in charge of the football section of the club at war with the players.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Girls who were discontent with their bodies at 14 had mild, moderate and severe depressive episodes at 18, while boys had mild and/or moderate depressive episodes.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Employees in this group tended to be discontent and unmotivated with plans to also leave their companies.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • There was also discontent with Disney’s content, which seemed to be increasingly liberal on social and cultural issues.
    — Mark I. Pinsky, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Polls show that voters are growing increasingly discontent.
  • The fans are always discontent, and the ex-players in charge of the football section of the club at war with the players.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Girls who were discontent with their bodies at 14 had mild, moderate and severe depressive episodes at 18, while boys had mild and/or moderate depressive episodes.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Employees in this group tended to be discontent and unmotivated with plans to also leave their companies.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • There was also discontent with Disney’s content, which seemed to be increasingly liberal on social and cultural issues.
    — Mark I. Pinsky, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022
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discontent

2 of 2 noun
  • The right way might be the wrong way: the way of terror, discontent.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • And the mandate did, in fact, lead to an avalanche of discontent among workers.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Some began to hear the noise over the weekend as users on X shared their discontent.
    — The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Civic discontent with the district prompted calls to break up the school system.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • On Sunday night, the howls of discontent could grow even louder.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Hoke’s next two Michigan teams go 8-5 and 7-6, and discontent grows in Ann Arbor.
    — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Fan discontent about the team’s struggles has made its way into the arena.
    — Adam Zagoria, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Still, the bugs are widespread enough that plenty of users took to social media to voice their discontent.
    — Vulture, 23 May 2023
  • But there would be no late collapse this time, no overtime, no tears in the locker room, no summer of discontent.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Already there are rumblings of discontent here and there.
    — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • While a coronation is a beginning that draws on the mystique of the past, Britain’s present is all discontent and doldrums.
    — Dominic Green, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
  • Whether there will be an uproar, or a mere whisper of discontent from some older fans remains to be seen.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Your discontent peaks around the 10th, when Venus opposes wet-blanket Saturn in your 11th house of groups.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
  • This innocent query opens a floodgate of discontent that takes both Sheila and the viewer by surprise.
    — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, New York Times, 13 June 2023
  • Both Thailand and the Philippines have expressed discontent that Swift won’t be going there.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The debate over TikTok is a stand-in for a host of political discontents.
    — Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The demonstrations were the latest outburst of public discontent since mass protests against Covid curbs gripped the country late last year.
    — Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The harsh terms of that peace, with further punitive demands against the Germans in the Treaty of Versailles, sowed the seeds of a German discontent that would help launch the next world war 21 years later.
    — Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • Not just run-of-the-mill discontent over darker evenings, but the makings of an actual mental illness.
    — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Since then there has been further rumbling of discontent, as many members are eager to return to work.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the wave of discontent, President Emmanuel Macron intends to push through plans to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • So, President Biden has to find a way to sell his agenda, to soften a lot of the discontent, the disillusionment, the questions about his age.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • But as the prices of basic goods soar while the state spends heavily on flashy megaprojects, grumblings of discontent here are growing louder.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But the demolition of hundreds of homes and a rising tide of truck pollution has sparked discontent.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Her discontent also traced its roots to how the House operates under its current rules.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Union leaders, along with French workers, have been vocal about their discontent with the president.
    — Haley Chi-Sing, Fox News, 1 May 2023
  • Nearly all the borders in the world are accidental and cause someone's discontent.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 25 July 2023
  • Downplaying the state’s role may be a wise precaution for the Democrats, given potential discontent with Biden’s regime there.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Its economy has buckled under the weight of Trump-era sanctions, and there is growing discontent on its streets over the government’s repressive policies.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Mount Kimbie are letting their songs smolder into life’s discontent.
    — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 12 Apr. 2024

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