console
verb (used with object)
to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort.
will be consoling
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future progressiveof console.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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If so, it will be consoling to him, for I am afraid he will never get equality in life.
From 'That Very Mab' by May Kendall
Let her carry out her plan, and in a week she will be the belle of the Island, and my poor cousin will be consoling himself with some indignant beauty only a shade less fair.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
If any man feels too gloomy about the degeneracy of our people from the standards of their forefathers, let him read "Martin Chuzzlewit"; it will be consoling.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
