comfort
verb (used with object)
to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to.
is comforting
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present progressiveof comfort (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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
Their bread-and-butter is comforting the most comfortable by afflicting the most afflicted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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
The dagger’s warm heft is comforting in my hand, and I test the edge on my thumb.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
