Example Sentences

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He has consoled students who dissolved in tears because a parent had just departed for Iraq or Afghanistan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2015

So he has consoled himself with maintaining that he is at least a respected one who has proved that he can handle the job.

From Time Magazine Archive

She has consoled me in the midst of my severest troubles.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

But, just as she had known, this revocation has consoled her.

From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell

I should be glad to know from Monsieur le Docteur whether, after madame has consoled herself a little, I may give her monsieur's address, that his things may be forwarded.

From The Malady of the Century by Nordau, Max Simon