console
verb (used with object)
to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort.
have been consoling
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present perfect progressiveof console.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The German papers have been consoling themselves with the reflection that so huge an effort must have exhausted our supplies.
From The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend by Joseph Hodges Choate
It must, indeed, have been consoling to him to find himself once more in the calm seclusion of his cloister, after the noisy world whence he had just emerged.
From The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts by Anonymous
