Example sentences for: consolation

How can you use “consolation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Honorary (a k a "lifetime achievement" or "deathbed") Oscars are typically consolation prizes, given to people whose work was overlooked in its time--such as Cary Grant, Howard Hawks, Federico Fellini, and Stanley Donen, none of whom ever won a real Oscar.

  • So Snip's A is an 11-percent shot at Snurr's A with a $1-million consolation prize.

  • In 1995 it established a private "consolation fund" for restitution, but most surviving comfort women have refused the money, demanding a public apology and public compensation.

  • If it's any consolation to you, this occurrence is not all that rare.

  • If he doesn't get that Nobel pretty soon, he should drop by, and I'll give him a consolation prize.


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