How to Use content in a Sentence

content

1 of 3 noun
  • Swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen to hear the content of your screen.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
  • The icing on the cake was the quick turnaround of getting the content back.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • How would Pac-12 content be viewed on Apple products and, of course, what’s the cost?
    Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Then, this spring, Cadigan’s content took a sharp turn.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2023
  • Welcome to life on Kick, the Wild West of livestreaming — where seemingly any kind of content goes.
    Kellen Browning, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • And while the girlies have been back from their vacay for about a week now, Alix is not done putting out her 🔥 Europe content.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 15 June 2023
  • Their legal team maintains the content on the site was protected by the First Amendment.
    Jacques Billeaud, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Reddit was nowhere close to that—in part because 90 percent of new content is still in English.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The contents of the warmers can be composted after use, and the warmers are 98% biodegradable.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But their newfound hobby of content creation — and the demand for it— has still come with a learning curve.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
  • SportsEngine Play will have a free tier, which will let users capture and view livestream content.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Watch the trailer here: This content is imported from youTube.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • McClatchy newsrooms were not involved in the creation of this content.
    Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Samsung brings all this content in one convenient place at a click of a button with the Tizen OS.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Games are one of the only things that people still have to — and want to — watch live in a world dominated by on-demand content.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • At the beginning of her career, hair content was her main focus.
    Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And outside the plethora of content Mary Tyler Moore created, there was a real dearth of home movies or behind-the-scenes footage of the actress.
    James Adolphus, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Oh! is that it can be used with various content platforms.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Fat provides flavor and moisture in this recipe, so choose ground beef with at least 20 percent fat content.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 23 June 2023
  • To pay for premium content, users first add a bundle of Post Points to their account balance.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • The Journal wrote this week that companies may outpace new content by 2028.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Google handed over the contents of the Gmail account associated with the number used in the hoaxes.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • All this was fine because a Lotus was art, made by a small group of dedicated craftspeople, content simply to keep the lights on and the cars light.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 10 July 2023
  • Amid the strike and with new content at a halt, Paramount Global is looking to expand the Yellowstone audience even more.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
  • The streaming service also allows its users to watch certain content on-demand and comes with the option to record your favorite TV shows.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 15 June 2023
  • And for Netflix and other streaming services, the docs provide a robust pipeline of fresh content that checks all the right boxes and is ad-friendly to boot.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The novel splices the contents of the notebooks with Wong’s retrospective reflections.
    Kathy Chow, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • Swap for low-sodium chicken broth to reduce the sodium content, but don't skimp on the sliced snow pea pods and shredded carrots that make up the delicious Asian-style slaw.
    Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
  • The agency put the entire contents of its warehouse in New York City up for auction, selling a ton of bundled canvases to a junk dealer for four cents a pound.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Kimberly has sat on dozens of panels to discuss food media and content creation.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2024
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content

2 of 3 adjective
  • The baby looks content in her crib.
  • Polls show that voters are growing less and less content with the current administration.
  • No, I don't want to play. I'm content to watch.
  • A fancy hotel is not necessary; I'd be content with a warm meal and a clean place to sleep.
  • Not content to stay at home, she set off to see the world at the age of 16.
  • Your group of friends may be content with how things are.
    Kathleen Felton, Health, 2 May 2023
  • At the track, Bacharach was content to let the jockeys and trainers be in charge.
    Beth Harris, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But the movie can’t quite be content with sticking close to known physics.
    Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The Sun Devils played it conservative the rest of the way, content with the tie.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Plus, many folks are content with the caffeine rush alone, and the rest is just frippery.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Every teacher seemed content to pass me with a C and push me along to the next grade.
    Joseph Dushane-Navanick, tovlou.github.io, 19 July 2023
  • Fiona used to be content with singing the same familiar pieces.
    Billboard China, Billboard, 24 May 2023
  • As the game lurched into the 70th and then 80th minute, Phoenix seemed content to bunker in a five-man back line and weather the San Diego storm.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • But, not content with his time, Browney resolves to get in all 150 reps under the 5 minute mark.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Maybe investors will be content with 5% yields this time around and lay off the stock market for a while.
    Ben Carlson, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But the writer’s fans were not content with the couple’s epilogue.
    Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Nobody talked how Tyler Herro was oddly content to work the fringes of the game.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In all three of those games, the Heat appeared somewhat content to play it close and then try to put it away late.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Whitnall drains some clock on the other end, content to hunt for the perfect shot.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The Longhorns are more than content to trade baskets with Xavier right now, and the Musketeers haven't been able to change that.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The cows are content, feeding the digester with their manure.
    Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The designer seemed content to let her production team have the spotlight for most of the night.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • World Champion Noah Lyles also seems to be content with his win at the event.
    Paras Jan, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Twombly may be the most palpably content painter in the American canon.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2023
  • In the 1960s, teens were not content to dress like their parents or follow their career paths.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • For a while, Huberman was content to do his research and teach.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 June 2023
  • Moger is content no matter how Chase the Chaos does Saturday.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • By the time the clock hit zeros, Valley Vista’s starters had long been resigned to the bench, content to see out their 6A semifinal win from there.
    The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Ren is content to float through it all, until, as has always been the hero’s fate, he is pushed into action.
    Chris Vognar, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • Kevin Durant, meanwhile, was content to let Booker read the defense and eat first.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
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content

3 of 3 verb
  • The toys contented the children, at least for a little while.
  • If the plate wins, diners must content themselves with the peas and droplets.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
  • On the technology front, BMW still seems to content to keep most details about the i4 close to the chest.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2021
  • O’Day wasn’t there, so Gamble had to content himself with walking off with a piece of stage gear.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The party, however, would have to content themselves with flying over the North Pole rather than setting foot on it.
    Miquel Ros, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The Wave will have to content themselves with having won the league’s regular-season title.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Britain had to content itself with boasting that its regulators were the quickest to approve the drug.
    The Economist, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Don’t content yourself with those encounters where drinks are served but nothing is said.
    Jean Cocteau, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • For now, biologists must content themselves with the short snippets of film shot by the northern elephant seal.
    Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2022
  • Why not just let Biden fill Ginsburg's seat and thus content themselves with a 5-4 majority?
    David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Until that happens, though, Le Jardinier will just have to content itself with being the best museum restaurant in the state.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 17 Sep. 2021
  • In the meantime, Twitter will have to content itself with the revelation that Holmes’ real first name is Loutelious.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Owen Wilson is getting ready to paint some happy contented little small trees leafy wood poles.
    Vulture, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Now, Goswitz must content herself with daily phone calls and dropping off care packages at the front door of the senior facility.
    Chris Serres, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Instead of legally changing her name to Lamb, Heather had to content herself with a Facebook change because the coronavirus made the process difficult.
    al, 12 June 2020
  • If the statues themselves are beyond your gifting price range, there’s also the option to content yourself with some window shopping.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Georgia’s Republican secretary of state has denied voter fraud as the state has had to content with two recounts.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Until then, gamblers will have to content themselves with the magical machines and ’80s cover bands of Resorts World, only an hour away from midtown.
    Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 23 Nov. 2022
  • So non-contest winners may have to content themselves for a while with filmings or recordings of these current club-level appearances.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Dec. 2021
  • For now, absent Sanders or anyone like him running a viable campaign for president, socialists and the broader left will have to content themselves with these kinds of fights.
    Ross Barkan, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Here in the luminous luster of the pre-primary scene, these political touts can dream their little dreams, and content themselves with the notion that Youngkin ticks their boxes.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Those looking for the illusion of movement, or news, must content themselves with Twitter commentary.
    Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
  • If decided, the risky gamble could boost profits in the near term but threaten them down the line should content creators migrate to rival platforms taking their audience with them.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 May 2022
  • For now, readers will have to content themselves with additional reading in Wednesday’s coverage of the complaint.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Until then, the generation of scientists who set out to write the final chapter in the story of the cosmos will have to content themselves with a more modest conclusion: to be continued.
    Richard Panek, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But that doesn’t mean everyone should content themselves with dismissing the problem as simply business as usual.
    Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The Phillips Collection show features many pictures in vivid color and some that document social issues or the artist’s travels, as well as ones keyed more to composition than to content.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • The ambassador, Karen Pierce, has had to content herself with cultivating people one step removed from Mr. Biden’s inner circle.
    Lara Jakes, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Verizon Media, which also owns Yahoo and TechCrunch, have agreed to content syndication deals.
    Kerry Flynn, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Director Sarah Polley seems to have taken the news in good humor, but combined with last week’s poor showing at the guilds, a film that once appeared a top-level contender may have to content itself with a solitary Adapted Screenplay nod.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2023

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