consoling
Example Sentences
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Phil Foden's World Cup audition ended painfully with the consoling arm of England head coach Thomas Tuchel around his shoulder.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Chomsky, now 97, was hardly the only famous associate who was privately consoling Epstein or giving him advice to rehabilitate his public image.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
He claimed that he began consoling a crying Minaj, only for her to start yelling at him.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025
This final turn is less consoling or condemnatory than darkly revealing about our assumptions about Michaela, who's portrayed as a controlling fury for most of the story.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025
I’m not just consoling myself, or fooling myself into believing I don’t want him because my chances of having him have gone from slim to none.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Vocabulary lists containing consoling
