Example Sentences

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The menu feels comfortingly familiar—smoked brisket, wings, pulled pork, sausage, and all the sides you’d expect—but it’s the sauces that really deliver the flavors Apocalypse is celebrating.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

The trains no longer felt like a novel escape—they were starting to feel comfortingly familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

To watch a neon sign’s creation is like alchemy, a process both fascinatingly arcane and comfortingly analog.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

They surround their leads with some comfortingly familiar faces too, including Haley Joel Osment and Brie’s old “Community” cast-mate Danny Pudi.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

Mostly these men were all so desperate or confused by the time I appeared, with my neutral Swiss-accented German and comfortingly official checklist, that they were often gratefully cooperative, if not wholly bewitched.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein