comfort
Example Sentences
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This is no easy mission, and “militarily manageable risk” won’t be comforting to Americans or energy markets if this goes sideways.
I’d pushed my own comfort, even my own safety, to the side.
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A call to her mother, I imagine, seeking comfort after a broken engagement.
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I take comfort by reading the Book of Job, by reading Psalms, by reading the Song of Songs.
She’s taken comfort from establishments catering to Americans that have popped up in town, including a New York-esque vintage store and an L.A.-like health-food cafe.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.