How to Use consolation in a Sentence

consolation

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  • His kind words were a consolation to me.
  • The pitch was out of the zone, as if that was any consolation.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
  • The Razorbacks will face the loser in the consolation game.
    — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 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
  • 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
  • That was always sort of the consolation — we’re not getting paid as much.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Oakland added a consolation strike in the 83rd minute after a scrum in front of the net, but by then the celebration was on.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The consolation game follows at noon and the championships game is at 2 p.m.
    — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The Vikings outscored the Yellow Jackets 16-8 in the fourth quarter to secure the victory in a consolation game.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Perhaps the largest consolation is the idea that, in the actual Cold War, a British spy would be allowed at the adults’ table.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That game will follow the 6 p.m. consolation game between Penn and North Daviess.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The fact the season isn’t over offered some consolation.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Her clarity in tracing such a process is both a consolation and a call to arms.
    — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Pittsburgh added a consolation goal quickly after the Arias tally, but the game was in-hand for FCC.
    — The Enquirer, 6 June 2023
  • The consolation on offer lives mostly in the prose, which feels hardened by a world-weary resolve not to be conned by false hope.
    — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
  • As a consolation, my guides took my photo in a different tableau, one with a very short line.
    — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • On their long journey across the ages, the paintings of Vermeer bring with them both consolation and terror.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • The Bulldogs will play in the consolation Saturday at 4 p.m.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In Overbrook Park, that is no consolation for those who live near the Baker playground.
    — Elise Young, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • Motherhood isn't for me, and being a tía is not a consolation.
    — Yesika Salgado, refinery29.com, 9 May 2023
  • But if its any consolation, Lynch is the winner of which parent daughter Roux prefers.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • Still, that’s no consolation to those who may lose power ... again.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Caring about the future is a source of consolation for dealing with the sense of despair and anxiety in one’s own life now.
    — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2022
  • One small consolation is that the share of homes selling in a bidding war isn’t as high as last year, when 51% of properties went over the asking price.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 20 July 2023
  • But fame and fortune are small consolations for death and divorce.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 30 Mar. 2023

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