Example Sentences

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“He was our big, goofy, talented, crazy, 1 for 16 NYB superstar. We do everything as a team, and will console as one for quite a while.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2023

Poetry will console us oddly sometimes by opening a view onto the abyss – the morbid obsessions of others distract us blissfully from our own.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2020

Enter the King: The Lakers lost the first game of the LeBron James era, but this dazzling graphic of the Lakers and the quest for perfection will console you.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2018

When I’m feeling blue about that, I will console myself with her rotary mouli grater, which just happens to make the best egg salad.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2018

We were very sorry again for her, but our French teacher, when we came home, said, 'Let her weep; she will console herself presently.'

From The Fairchild Family by Rudland, Florence M.