comfort
verb (used with object)
to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to.
comfortingly
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a word derived from
comfort.
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a word derived from
comforting.
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
Masli’s strangeness never goes away, but it becomes increasingly friendly and, by the end of the 75-minute show, comfortingly familiar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
We have not settled into cushy cinema seats with our comfortingly stale popcorn to engage in discourse about metaphors and science; we are here for the stars in the title.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
Dad walked into the room and laid his hands comfortingly on Mom’s shoulders.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
