is consoling
- present progressive of console (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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This song is poignant, as if a mother is consoling her child in the throes of heartbreak and despair.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
Considering the amount of nonsense spoken, it is consoling that so many people mean so little of what they say.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
“Sometimes you’re just putting a hand on a shoulder and don’t say a word,” said Miami-Dade Police Capt. Rita Rodriguez, a crisis intervention officer who is consoling the families.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
“History is consoling in that sense,” Mr. Wood says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2018
However, it is consoling to reflect that she is almost certain not to be able to find that bird.
From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund
