consolation

“I’m more in the business of winning hockey games. I don’t think there’s any consolation in a 2-1 loss,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But its dominant impression is a dark one that allows for little consolation in the remembrance of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

While energy prices drove most of the monthly surge, that’s no consolation to consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Pascal Gross then headed in a 96th-minute consolation goal after a dangerous long throw-in was not dealt with.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

I vowed to work doubly hard the next day, but she took little consolation in that promise, showering me with complaints as heavy as hailstones as I rushed out the kitchen door.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

In her second book, Hekker noted some consolations for first wives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Let's give the biblical authors credit for taking the sublimity of our loss straight up instead of chasing false consolations.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024

Saints improved late on as James Ramm and Matt Proctor scored consolations.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2022

For a while there is the tedium of waiting, but also the consolations of camaraderie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

“Too awful,” she kept repeating, and all Bernard’s consolations were in vain.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley