comfort food

Example Sentences

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The Gemini recommendation, seconded by the restaurant manager, was the comfort food I craved in the lousy weather.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Matijevich recommends pairing the short ribs with polenta, which has been described as an ultimate comfort food.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Readers are looking for comfort food, not books that are overly violent or mean, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But there are other times when you crave a familiar scene, a traveler’s version of comfort food.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

“You must mean summer of tutoring,” she would say in what became a familiar joke that, like comfort food, they would reach for from time to time.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie