comforted
Example Sentences
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Kirby said she was comforted by the actions the city's health department was taking in terms of testing.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
If you have watched any of these — if they comforted you on your worst days and made good ones better — Burrows had a hand in making your life funnier.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
“To have gay couples come up crying, saying thank you is incredible and it’s what you do it for. The best feeling in the world is to know that we’ve comforted someone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Anya repeated each word, comforted at the familiarity of most of it.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack