console
verb (used with object)
to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort.
unconsolably
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a word derived from
console.
Example Sentences
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There is a scene of Calum crying unconsolably, but the timing is uncertain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
And my daughter started crying unconsolably and she told me, “That film is all that never was.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
“Just tell me this: Is it a baby?” she asks, unconsolably — a voice that today echoes hauntingly, from coast to coast.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
Had it to sit, weeping unconsolably, or not?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle
The whole landscape was one gray blur, and the tall weeds that bordered the road on both sides wept unconsolably on each other’s shoulders, their tears mingling in a stream down their stems.
From The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
