How to Use consolation in a Sentence

consolation

noun

• His kind words were a consolation to me.
• Charge was consolation for the devastating losses of the war.
  — John Reeves, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021
• That’s a small consolation, which Old School Square is trying to avoid, Brinkman says.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 6 May 2021
• But Rader does find at least some consolation in knowing his struggle isn’t as mighty as that of some of his fellow Detroit sports fans.
  — Freep.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• However, some restrictions do apply, so make sure to ask about the warranty during the in-home consolation.
  — Sara Lindberg, Health.com, 28 Apr. 2021
• The outpouring of sympathy, the offers of support, the heart-rending words of consolation that followed were welcome salve.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• Wright's father said the explanation that his son was killed accidentally is no consolation.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021
• But after Hollywood’s roughest year in recent memory, a swanky party might be its own consolation.
  — NBC News, 24 Apr. 2021
• These shows tend to foreground emotional labor—consolation, encouragement—along with their choux pastry and kitchen redos.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2021
• That's a small consolation for climate activists bent on seeing the state meet its 2050 goal of carbon neutrality.
  — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2021
• Richie Jones also received consolation prizes from Tostitos and Donatos.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2021
• The event's semifinals will take place on Nov. 22, followed by the consolation and championship games on Nov. 23.
  — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2021
• In this brand of rugby, teams of seven players compete in short, 14-minute knockout matches leading to semifinals, consolation and championship rounds.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• The pitch was out of the zone, as if that was any consolation.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
• The losers will play in a consolation game the same day.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2021
• The consolation is knowing the truth will come out as the process plays out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• Hu bounced back from a third-round loss to win a pair of consolation matches and earn key points for the team.
  — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• Jordyn Listro found Mikayla Cluff in the box to head in what seemed to be a consolation goal to make the score 2-1.
  — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2022
• The Razorbacks will face the loser in the consolation game.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2022
• The consolation: There was still a branch in Lynn serving up the hefty, juicy patties.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
• Nix gamely stood in and tried to lead the Ducks to a consolation touchdown in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
• In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Jordyn Listro found Mikayla Cluff in the box to head in what seemed to be a consolation goal to make the score 2-1.
  — Austin David, Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2022
• None of this would offer much consolation to the whales, of course, but their demise is at least to the benefit of man and bear alike.
  — Travel, 29 Dec. 2021
• Yet some did not even have the consolation of burying their dead.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
• That might be good for the country — but small consolation to the president and his son.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 14 Oct. 2022
• This is the problem of memoir; this is the consolation of memoir.
  — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• Cheo James scored 24 points to lead the Braves (1-2) to their first victory of the season in a consolation bracket game.
  — Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
• Of course, that's little consolation to the people whose jobs end up on the chopping block.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• For every one of us in fact or in fiction, this will happen at some point, which is both the challenge and the consolation of the form.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• But there was one small consolation: she’d be seated next to someone else her age—the groom’s teenage son, Christopher Toh.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024