Example sentences for: consoled

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

  • Many parents would recoil in horror at being considered fashion victims with regard to names, but when your children ( Marcus and Titus ) are in school with Tacitus and Rufus and Dædalus you can be consoled by the fact that in the school down the road, the children of Danii and Du'aine ( Gluteus and Mucus ) are being mercilessly ragged by Tahini and Pooh, themselves the children of Elvis and Moonbeam.

  • Conservatives consoled themselves with the prospect that an independent counsel will be appointed in the Asian money scandal.

  • The national media consoled themselves by arguing that 1) turnout was low, except among Christian conservatives; 2) James made a last-minute racial appeal by airing an ad that paired Blount with black Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington; 3) the primary exposed and exacerbated the national Republican feud between social and economic conservatives; and 4) the Democratic gubernatorial nominee will capitalize on this in November.

  • Analysts expressed regret at voting "irregularities" and at Tudjman's autocratic nationalism, but consoled themselves with reports that he is dying of cancer.

  • Spinsters were consoled by the proverb Better lang lowse daa ill teddered , and a grieving jilted girl was advised by the motto, Better ee hert braks dan aa da wirld winders , warning her not to show her feelings too strongly.


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