console
verb (used with object)
to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort.
was consoling
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past progressiveof console.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“It’s difficult to maintain hope amid so much tragedy,” said a nun from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity congregation, who was consoling survivors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hall, a changed man in prison according to his lawyers and a church volunteer who had grown close to him, was consoling his family and supporters at the end.
From Fox News ● Nov. 20, 2020
She had been working a flight from Germany to the United States, and gotten diverted to Canada, where law enforcement whisked away two passengers as she was consoling everyone else on the flight.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2019
Visich, in the deposition, said he was consoling Carlson after the death of a colleague.
From The Verge ● Nov. 12, 2018
Nurse Duckett was in tears, and Yossarian was consoling her apologetically as he sat beside her on the edge of a bed.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
