Contenting

He will also feel at the same time that you manifest great goodness of heart in contenting yourself with your victory and renouncing vengeance. ❋ Unknown (1855)

Some of those unable to get to one of these Tweet-ups are contenting themselves with a glass of something cold at home – indeed, some of the Antipodean members have already celebrated! ❋ Unknown (2009)

We never knew his name, contenting ourselves with calling him the "Bricklayer." ❋ Unknown (2010)

After that she said nothing, contenting herself with watching Lon's cooking operations, and listening the while as for the sound of dogs along the trail. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A score of retorts, all deliciously inadvisable, tickled my tongue, so I said nothing, contenting myself with holding on with my left hand while I nursed my stinging right hand under my arm-pit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At rare intervals, when necessary, they addressed each other in monosyllables, Kama, for the most part, contenting himself with grunts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He made no plays, however, merely contenting himself with looking on. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rather than contenting themselves with beating the best of the home nations, Wales need to aim even higher if they want to maintain their upward curve over the next 12 months. ❋ Unknown (2011)

To his credit, Blazing Cat Fur has as yet shown no stirrings of litigiousness, contenting himself with his usual low-level baiting from the safety of his lair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The murderer did not bother with the oars, contenting himself with sitting in the stern-sheets and rolling a cigarette. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He never struck once, contenting himself with covering up, blocking and ducking and clinching to avoid punishment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Konig grinned vindictively and turned away, while Captain Davenport leaned against the cabin and for half an hour spoke no word, contenting himself with gazing to leeward with an expression of musing hopelessness on his face. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They can no longer afford to be free riders, contenting themselves with lending support to big-economy champions of liberalism. ❋ Andrew Cooper (2011)

I resisted as much as possible the temptation to suck ice, contenting myself with a shred of tobacco in my cheek, and made out with fair comfort. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the real world, you and I understand "de-contenting" as "you get what you pay for." ❋ Post (2010)

In the middle of the day he ate nothing, contenting himself with several cups of excessively weak real tea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I won't hump you, Jack," he said, contenting himself with calling the requisite two thousand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tight money gave rise to calls for "value," which, in the parlance of the automobile industry, translates to cost cutting, or what some marketers call "de-contenting." ❋ Post (2010)

Hamas took a number of steps against networks which violated the arrangement, but in a limited fashion and contenting itself with short-term detentions and confiscating weapons. ❋ Unknown (2009)