contented feeling

You got that warm, contented feeling of another job well done.

Utah was not here to lose and leave with a contented feeling.

That she'd never felt this contented feeling with a man before disturbed her.

He wandered back to his chair now with a pleasantly contented feeling.

Ruben watched the traffic and pedestrians parading past with a contented feeling.

When I finished that meal I just sat there for a moment, enjoying the contented feeling that was settling me down.

It is in contrast to the contented feeling of self-satisfaction of complacency, driven by the illusion of the "ego".

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Though she prayed afterwards for strength to control the wanton sensations and cravings of her body, the prayers were perfunctory and lacked real conviction, and that lovely smug and contented feeling just would not go away.

For a moment or two, as he savagely ordered her to lock the car, get out, and come back with him, she had a happy, contented feeling, as though he were her father, she a bad little girl that would be taken care of, anyway.

Not a contented feeling, really, she reflected as she finally found the tape to flash-wrap her splice, but so familiar from her early life that it felt oddly comforting, even with the life of a station and all its inhabitants depending upon her.