comfort
verb (used with object)
to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to.
had comforted
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past perfectof comfort.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I learned to regulate difficult emotions—sadness, anger, fear—much as I had comforted the wounded child alive within me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Love Island star Hughes, 32, had comforted Siwa, 21, in Wednesday's episode after Rourke's comments.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
Roberts had comforted a team that could not play a home game because of a natural disaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
It emerged that Abedi had comforted Al-Anezi, who had cancer, on his deathbed in January 2017 and missed a planned prison visit with Abdallah to attend Al-Anezi’s funeral.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2020
The Holtons had been there when their children were sick; had comforted them when these illnesses proved mortal.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
