COMPLACENCY in a Sentence

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65 example sentences for COMPLACENCY, such as:

1. A queer doubt chilled my complacency.
2. We must not become complacent over any success.
3. The winner's complacent smile annoyed some people.
4. Teachers are far from complacent about this problem.
5. Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPLACENCY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
complacency
 n.  feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  Scarlett seemed demure and sweet enough these days, but there was a pleased complacency in her eyes which annoyed people and she carried a chip on her shoulder which no one cared to disturb.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  Indeed, he gradually came to regard it as such, and to feel a sense of personal complacency when he chanced on any reference to the Gryce Americana.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
3  Such an assurance would usually have restored Mrs. Trenor's complacency; but on this occasion it did not chase the cloud from her brow.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
4  The sight of Selden's dark head, in a pew almost facing her, disturbed for a moment the balance of her complacency.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
5  Lily saw this now in Mrs. Gormer's unconcealable complacency, and in the happy irrelevance with which, for the next day or two, she quoted Bertha's opinions and speculated on the origin of her gown.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
6  Edna could not control a feeling which bordered upon complacency at her friend's praise, even realizing, as she did, its true worth.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
7  Radiating royalty, complacency, good humour, the wild child was Queen of the festival.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
8  Mrs. Norris was all delight and volubility; and even Fanny had something to say in admiration, and might be heard with complacency.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  He was certainly better pleased to hand her into the barouche than to assist her in ascending the box, and his complacency seemed confirmed by the arrangement.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
10  'Wounded desperate, miss,' replied Giles, with indescribable complacency.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  A queer doubt chilled my complacency.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
12  There was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
13  She saw with maternal complacency all the impertinent encroachments and mischievous tricks to which her cousins submitted.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
14  Once more, he took me by both hands and surveyed me with an air of admiring proprietorship: smoking with great complacency all the while.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
15  But the difference was that Oblonsky, as he was doing the same as every one did, laughed complacently and good-humoredly, while Levin laughed without complacency and sometimes angrily.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  Doctors have warned against complacency in fighting common diseases.
2  Despite yesterday's win, there is clearly no room for complacency if the team want to stay top of the league.
3  This experience should serve others as a warning against complacency.
4  What annoys me about these girls is their complacency - they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.
5  Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.
6  Your vague assurances are as meaningless as your obvious complacency.
7  We must not become complacent over any success.
8  There's a danger of becoming complacent if you win a few games.
9  Teachers are far from complacent about this problem.
10  The winner's complacent smile annoyed some people.
11  In the late nineties the government realized that its complacence and feeling that the states talent and infrastructure would automatically make it a preferred destination was actually resulting in a large loss for the city.