Discontented

Examples

• Many, no doubt; and I shall be called discontented. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• If you go to talk to her so often, you will be more discontented with me than ever! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He was altogether discontented with the result of a contrivance which had cost him some secret humiliation beforehand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But has she made you any less discontented with me? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I dare say he does want it, said Marie; they all want it, just because they are a discontented set,--always wanting what they haven't got. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• For the first time since his engagement, Mr. Weller looked, for a moment, discontented and unhappy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Wery well,' said Mr. Weller, with a discontented look. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My dear Eugene, you are the express picture of discontented idleness not reposing at all. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I think Roker might have chummed you somewhere else,' said Mr. Simpson (for it was the leg), after a very discontented sort of a pause. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The birds sing, the sun shines, the flowers bloom, and yet you are as discontented as if you were shut up between four bare walls. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Discontented or hungry jurymen, my dear sir, always find for the plaintiff. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• One hand of the mistress generally reposes on the loving serf's rude head, because if she takes it away he groans and is discontented. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The habit, too, of seeking some sort of recompense in the discontented boast of being disappointed, is a habit fraught with degeneracy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The people on the roadway murmured faintly with the discontented murmuring of a crowd. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• You are not discontented with me, Tertius? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• We want to know, in the first place,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'whether you have any reason to be discontented with your present situation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Maria was just discontented enough to say directly, I think _you_ have done pretty well yourself, ma'am. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Will felt as if he were forced to cross his small boundary ditch, and what he saw beyond it was not empire, but discontented subjection. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Perhaps,' suggested Fledgeby, after reflecting with a very discontented brow, 'somebody has been giving you a bad character. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The yeomen and commons, said De Bracy, must not be dismissed discontented, for lack of their share in the sports. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In need of some brightening from without, was Mr Alfred Lammle, for he had the air of being dull enough within, and looked grievously discontented. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs. March had consented to the visit rather reluctantly, fearing that Margaret would come back more discontented than she went. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She was still standing by the bed, and now stooped down (but still with the same discontented face) and kissed Ada. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Please not to tell my lady I am discontented--I am not. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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