consolation
noun
the act of consoling; comfort; solace.
consolations
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pluralof consolation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Before You Were Anne” is a poignant story with consolations small and transcendent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Let's give the biblical authors credit for taking the sublimity of our loss straight up instead of chasing false consolations.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
Scotland rallied and scored some consolations, not that it mattered.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
Are its consolations in the resolution, or the questions it provokes?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
Without the support of old certainties and consolations, almost mechanically, he assumes the procedures and doctrines of the classroom.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
