How to Use discontent in a Sentence

discontent

1 of 3 adjective

• 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
• Brown, who will miss Week 8 with a hamstring injury, still seems somewhat discontent over his usage.
  — Mike Jones, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
• What there is in abundance, though, is discontent not just about the glacial rollout, but a poor communications strategy.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
• Employees in this group tended to be discontent and unmotivated with plans to also leave their companies.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• Aside from the geopolitical wrangling over the event, there has been discontent surrounding the summit from many in South Africa.
  — NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
• In addition to immigration controversies, there is discontent over ticket prices.
  — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
• 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
• 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
• There could already be discontent brewing in Green Bay’s locker room, as Rodgers appeared visibly frustrated with errors that his new receiving corps committed.
  — Catena Media, al, 18 Sep. 2022
• Despite his level-headedness, Mike is mightily discontent with the low-wattage gigs that are arranged for him by, of all people, his dentist (Fisher Stevens), who soon replaces that absent tooth.
  — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026

discontent

2 of 3 noun

• There have been other acts of discontent over the years.
  — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
• Signs of discontent were present at the parade.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
• And the mandate did, in fact, lead to an avalanche of discontent among workers.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Lawrence’s discontent has been simmering to a boil for a while.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
• But there are already signs of discontent within his ranks.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, The Hill, 1 Feb. 2026
• Some began to hear the noise over the weekend as users on X shared their discontent.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2024
• Fan discontent about the team’s struggles has made its way into the arena.
  — Adam Zagoria, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Civic discontent with the district prompted calls to break up the school system.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• But other than that, only delays and discontent have come from the project.
  — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
• On Sunday night, the howls of discontent could grow even louder.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• For years, discontent simmered amid the co-op dominance in that sport.
  — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
• Over the next year, discontent over new policy changes was brewing.
  — Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• That discontent doesn’t stay contained.
  — Chris Murphy, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
• The reversal was met with some discontent.
  — ABC News, 3 June 2026
• If those conditions hold, this survey may prove to be more than a snapshot of discontent.
  — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Forget the summer of love; this has been the summer of our grumbling discontent.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
• But there’s nothing like a new location to bring all that buried discontent to the surface.
  — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Still, the bugs are widespread enough that plenty of users took to social media to voice their discontent.
  — Vulture, 23 May 2023
• Voters have not yet signaled discontent with the shelter.
  — Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026
• 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
• Still, their levels of discontent with the series varied.
  — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
• Her tenure was marred by bad press, earnings misses and investor discontent.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2025
• Since then there has been further rumbling of discontent, as many members are eager to return to work.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
• Many are worried about how this third round of nationwide discontent will affect their bottom lines.
  — Karol Suarez, CNN, 18 July 2023
• The comments between the two ads expressed discontent with the use of AI.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
• But discontent rarely spilled over into the clubhouse, a credit to Baldelli and his staff.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• One by one, Apple’s six senior leaders in the room voiced their discontent with the quagmire.
  — Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
• Merz’s government does not have much time to hedge against growing discontent within the electorate.
  — Sudha David-Wilp, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2025
• Most of us have to work, but life is far too short to have so much of it dominated by unhappiness or discontent.
  — William Vanderbloemen, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025

discontent

3 of 3 verb

• If these issues are ignored, discontent with globalization will grow.
  — Sam Palmisano, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2016
• On the other hand, though, Peruvians themselves were discontent.
  — Cynthia McClintock, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2013
• Just as small actions build routine, ignored cues let discontent harden into isolation.
  — Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
• Post-election, some may feel content, others discontent and some indifferent.
  — Jessica Gomez, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
• Recent measures reportedly taken by the district have added to discontent among union members.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
• Dozens of people traveled up to the Monday's meeting in the state capital of Austin to voice their support or discontent with the plan.
  — Valerie Gonzalez, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
• Dozens of people traveled up to the Monday’s meeting in the state capital of Austin to voice their support or discontent with the plan.
  — Valerie Gonzalez, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
• Humans are the only animals known to be discontented with natural selection.
  — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
• Job fears Workers also are growing discontented with their situations.
  — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 May 2025
• Unfortunately, many employees are feeling detached from and discontented with their work.
  — Mick Hunt, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
• Hollman's death has contributed to discontent with police among some Atlantans that centers on a proposal to build a public safety training center.
  — CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
• Post staffers also have for some time also been discontented with Bezos over his appointment of Lewis as publisher and chief executive.
  — Liam Reilly, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
• Voters have been growing discontented with the president’s policies as his sweeping tariffs have fueled chaos and uncertainty in the volatile global economy.
  — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2025
• Hollman's death has contributed to discontent with police among some Atlantans that centers on a proposal to build a large public safety training facility.
  — CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
• As a historical analogy, consider the Soviet Union, which collapsed, in part, because those who were discontented with the regime had no freedom to leave.
  — Alexander Lebedev, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2014
• Still, there are clear indications that shareholders are increasingly discontented with the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars being siphoned off to the CEOs.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• While social services are popular, higher taxes are not, and discontent with increases such as the ones Suozzi supported represent an electoral liability for his party.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 12 Dec. 2020
• Speculation on Lawrence’s motive ran rampant, with some observers attributing the attack to discontent over Jackson’s efforts to dismantle the national bank.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
• Adding to the pressure, Musk already runs several other companies, including Tesla, where investors have grown discontented with his distractions at Twitter.
  — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• Days later, Malian demonstrators, discontented with French counterterrorism policy, took to the streets waving Russian and Chinese flags.
  — Samuel Ramani, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2022
• In other posts, Minaj criticized Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez, nodding to discontent between her and the label.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
• An increasingly authoritarian former Soviet republic, Tajikistan ranks among the world’s poorest countries, which fuels discontent and drives millions of migrant laborers to seek better lives abroad.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• Claude has apparently sought to siphon users discontented with ChatGPT, unveiling an update in February that allows users to import their data from competitor AI chatbots.
  — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• The struggle to confront the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies and a subsequent rise in health care premiums has added to discontent on Capitol Hill, along with growing concern over Democrats winning the argument on affordability.
  — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025