is comforting
- present progressive of comfort (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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For many people in their 20s and early 30s, the idea is comforting.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
For others, including her, the data is comforting, Graves Williamson said, because it lets them know that if they don’t land the kind of job they hoped for, they are hardly alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Sometimes pasta is comforting because it doesn’t have a crispy, crunchy aspect, with the softness of the pasta and sauce one of the most familiar, reliable components.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2025
"It is comforting to know they are locked in the classrooms though."
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
And offstage left, this sophomore girl named Laura sits on top of a stack of chairs, crying into her sleeve, and I guess Mila Odom is comforting her.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
