comfort
verb (used with object)
to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to.
uncomforted
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a word derived from
comfort.
Example Sentences
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If old, they are doomed to pass their solitary years uncomforted, and unsupported.
From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Alison, Archibald, Sir
All this time, in fear and sorrow, he had striven to repent; but he returned uncomforted, unsettled, with a vague intention of packing up and going far away.
From Skipper Worse by Kielland, Alexander Lange
She began another letter to him but found she could not write without saying what was in her heart, and so went to bed uncomforted.
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
Strange is the seaman’s heart; he hopes, he fears; Draws closer and sweeps wider from that coast; Last, his rent sail refits, and to the deep His shattered prow uncomforted puts back.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Behind no prison-grate, she said, Which slurs the sunshine half-a-mile, Live captives so uncomforted As souls behind a smile.
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
