comforting

Example Sentences

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Residents in the town are still reeling from the attack, with some visibly in tears and comforting one another as Carney and other leaders addressed their grief.

From BBC

If we'd won, he never bothered, knowing I wouldn't need comforting.

From BBC

Baz gradually returned to the kitchen, starting with “comforting, tender and slow” meals like chicken bone broth and lentil soup.

From The Wall Street Journal

It smells like Aunt Melissa’s lavender-and-mint shampoo, which is oddly comforting.

From Literature

She had her arms around Dawn's new calf, comforting it as it trembled at the sound of the Dragon.

From Literature