consolation

How To Use consolation In A Sentence

• And there was some consolation for the connections of Limestone Lad when Solerina won the novice hurdle.
• Comrades however had the last say when Dean Gordon grabbed a consolation goal for them on the stroke of full time.
• Luckily there was consolation at home in the form of a birth announcement. Times, Sunday Times
• For the inarticulate Trevor, ‘I think you're really cool,’ is a major statement of devotion, and ‘buck up, little camper’ is the best consolation he can offer.
• But he told us one felt the motion there, more than anywhere else, in a storm; which must be some consolation to the "middies" who have to work for years before they can ever hope for such luxurious quarters. Set in Silver
• Ready availability being the most precious of Prohibition virtues, gin was lifted above the historical pedigree that led Willa Cather to call it “the consolation of sailors and inebriate scrub-women.” LAST CALL
• With that sternness which is admissible only to the afflicted, I have denied myself even the consolation of your visits. My Novel — Volume 07
• My consolation is that the solstice will occur soon and the darkness recede in what I call the optimistic months of the year, though autumn has its moments. The Storm's Mixed Metaphors
• Despite the reverse, Kiwi Searancke's players earned a consolation bonus point to cling on to their lead in Pool B and remain on course to secure a home quarter-final.
• But this was of little consolation or comfort to the latter who for the second year running had lost out at the final hurdle.