consolation prize
Example Sentences
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This is what a consolation prize feels like.
From Los Angeles Times
They had booked the full tour of Parliament but turned up on the wrong day so as a consolation prize are going to watch MPs in action.
From BBC
The consolation prize was a larger role for Presley.
The consolation prize is the NFL Offensive Player of the Year, an award that has evolved into the Too Bad You’re Not a Quarterback trophy.
Lucky for Cruise, he got a consolation prize in the form of a Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
