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 Übersetzung für 'contenting' von Englisch nach Deutsch
VERB   to content | contented | contented
contenting | contents
contenting {adj}befriedigend
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contenting oneself with sth. {adj} {pres-p}sichAkk. mit etw.Dat. begnügend
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • In the politically volatile and highly corrupt final years of the Roman Republic, the popular assemblies were susceptible to corruption and vulnerable to politically motivated violence by contenting political factions.
  • The book ends with Sir Kay - who is himself deeply in love with the Queen, and bitterly jealous of Lancelot - sitting down to play chess with her, and contenting himself with at least having a deep though platonic relationship.
  • I think he could do best by contenting himself to lead people to think, as he has been doing for many years now.
  • At the graveyard of Brackenheim stands the first parish church, today's Protestant "Johanniskirche", a Romance church with Gothic choir contenting wall drawings of the 13th and 14th centuries.
  • Dragons will not normally build temples, contenting themselves with simple symbols on the wall that they treat as shrines. Bahamut prefers his followers to worship him with deeds, not objects.

  • But at least up to the year 1247 he submitted patiently to papal encroachments, contenting himself with the protection (by a special papal privilege) of his own diocese from alien clerks.
  • He declined certain offers of professorship, contenting himself to be a librarian in Halle.
  • His health was still poor and in October he resigned in favour of Hugh Nelson, contenting himself with the cabinet position of Chief Secretary and secretary for railways until 29 March 1895.
  • Schumacher does not claim there is any scientific evidence for a level of being above self-consciousness, contenting himself with the observation that this has been the universal conviction of all major religions.
  • After his rescue by Carter, Brizola would not directly oppose American policies towards Brazil, contenting himself with denouncing vague "international losses" incurred by Brazil through unfair terms of exchange imposed by multinational corporations.

  • For three to four months they lived in the forest without returning home, contenting themselves with a meager and monotonous diet and sleeping in small winter huts that did not heat well.
  • According to writer Michael Kilgarriff: "The heydays for these showbiz strap-lines were the inter-war years, for prior to 1914 performers saw little need for a personalised slogan, contenting themselves with such bald descriptions as 'Singer', 'Comedian', or 'Dancer'".
  • None of Pravarasena's successors adopted his lofty title of "Samrāṭ", instead contenting themselves with the relatively modest title of "Mahārāja".
  • The marriage was very happy: in his will he praised her as a "religious, virtuous woman, as loving and contenting to me as my heart can desire", and left her generously provided for.
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