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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

It is consoling, however, to find at last by their own confession, that there is a weak place—and a very weak one too—in "the area of freedom."

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various