comfort
Example Sentences
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For years, the hospice industry, which was designed to provide comfort and guidance for dying patients and their families in their final days, attracted scammers enticed by large Medicare payments, officials say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
This idea of hedonic adaptation — how humans so quickly adapt to this new comfort, this new stimulus — it felt like an interesting thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
There are several statues across South Korea, usually depicting a young woman seated in a chair, which have been installed by activists to remember these "comfort women".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Jonathan Gavalas was a seemingly healthy and even-keeled 36-year-old when he began chatting with Gemini, Google’s chatbot, in part to seek comfort about splitting up with his wife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“Who remembers the cold comfort of that open hearth before we built a new school with its patented front-loader chunk stove with isinglass winders?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing comfort
Stay Strong: Forc and Fort
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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com-, con-
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