How To Use Consoling In A Sentence
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Tessa rolls her eyes, and actually has the nerve to pat me consolingly on the shoulder.
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The word here rendered 'exhort' is found in Paul's writings as bearing special meanings, such as consoling, stimulating, encouraging, rebuking and others.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
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Something inside me, possibly my instinct, tells me that I should comfort him, consoling him in any possible way.
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The only consoling thought was that the bad weather now extended south down the coast and would hold the Columbia up too.
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If I could only have been assured of their being dead, I should have felt satisfied; but I imagined I saw my dear mother in the cotton-field, followed by a merciless task-master, and no one to speak a consoling word to her!
NARRATIVE OF WILLIAM W. BROWN, A FUGITIVE SLAVE.
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Diana was treated with kid gloves when all she needed was some sensible advice, a cuddle and a consoling word.
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Then she got over it and was the one consoling the people who visited her.
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Yet her affections were all awake to enquire after her uncle; and when she heard that nothing could so much sooth him as her sight, all fear of his comments, all terror of exertion, subsided in the possible chance of consoling him: and Mr. Tyrold, who thought every act of duty led to chearfulness, sent to desire the carriage might fetch her the next morning.
Camilla
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Pete has been driven to such distraction lately he is now muttering about consoling himself by munching on a fine Alsatian steak.
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He called a dragoon, who was riding in advance, issued a few orders and cautions relative to the comfort and safety of Singleton, and speaking a consoling word to his friend himself, gave Roanoke the spur, and dashed by the car, at a rate that again put to flight all the philosophy of
The Spy
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It pays homage to the consoling human connection which alone can save us, and which turn up in the oddest places.
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Then she got over it and was the one consoling the people who visited her.
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The film sets out to be a big weepy, but is saved from being complete sentimental tosh by the conflict between the angry Peter and the consoling Barrie.
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The prospect of returning to an empty flat was not consoling.
THE IMAGE OF LAURA
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Eliot -- yes, there is that in the mere exercise of intellect which is intoxicating, which is consoling even to the highest degree.
The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little
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Page 114 monster task-master, and no one to speak a consoling word to her.
Uncle Tom's Companions: Or, Facts Stranger Than Fiction. A Supplement to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Being Startling Incidents in the Lives of Celebrated Fugitive Slaves.
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A woman, who looked like his mother, was petting him on his back, consoling him.
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The chief enemy of excellence in morality (and also in art) is personal fantasy, the tissue of self-aggrandising and consoling wishes and dreams which prevents one from seeing what there is outside one ....
A Conversation with Zadie Smith about On Beauty
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The ponderous blurry appeal of the picture may be that it takes its stoned audience out of this world to a consoling vision of a graceful world of space, controlled by godlike minds where the hero is reborn as an angelic baby…
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Those in the stands, at least, could then take a consoling swig on the rum punch to restore their equilibrium.
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Following the intermission there was hardly pause enough to take one's seat: Gergiev lunged forward into the allegretto, his hands caressing the strings as if consoling an infant.
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It is why the wounded who leave the field on stretchers invariably receive consoling applause from all quarters, friend and foe.
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It's very painful when we know people are laughing at our misfortunes, but it's wonderfully consoling when we see other people fall.
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As a criminal defence solicitor, I have become well versed in consoling my clients as to the painfully slow nature of criminal litigation.
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That what is called the consoling nature of an opinion, that is, the pleasure we should have in believing it to be true, can be a ground for believing it, is a doctrine irrational in itself and which would sanction half the mischievous illusions recorded in history or which mislead individual life.
Pragmatic Arguments for Belief in God
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His energy levels were phenomenal, especially in Bangalore, and on the field, he was the team's engine, geeing people up, consoling, applauding, setting fields, offering and taking advice.
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Rational Review
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Plato does not provide any consoling myth at all for the jumped-up dictator who claims to know what is best for the people.
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If he could only be assured of their being dead, he would have been comparatively happy; but he saw in imagination his mother in the cotton-field, followed by a monster task-master, and no one to speak a consoling word to her.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life
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Some there were who came to visit, but not for the purpose of consoling her; on the contrary, it was to reproach the dying saint with what they called her absurd infatuation, which had introduced the plague into her abode, and endangered her own life, for the sake of a set of worthless wretches.
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
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Here is a consoling thought, as you ponder the implications of the first government takeover of a British bank in a quarter of a century.
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The late 1980s saw me drift into a slough of depression that again led me back to music, this time the most bleak, unconsoling variety you could imagine.
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At times mournful, and at other times gently consoling, there's little about it that smells of brimstone.
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As usual, I found myself consoling her for my loss, though she was responsible for it.
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If I could only have been assured of their being dead, I should have felt satisfied; but I imagined I saw my dear mother in the cotton-field, followed by a merciless taskmaster, and no one to speak a consoling word to her!
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
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had instantly dispelled the consoling illusion that Veronica was like others.
DARE CALL IT TREASON
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A consoling fact for the loser, though potentially ominous for the winner, is that defeated finalists in the past – including JLS and One Direction, both chart-topping acts – have often done better than some who took the Cowell crown; Leon Jackson and Steve Brookstein spring to mind.
TV review: The X Factor final
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As conveyed in our opening narrative, the activities of the confraternities entailed extensive songs, prayers and consoling dialogue.
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Liberals are consoling themselves that incoming presidents often set unrealistic goals.
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The Friar then busied himself with consoling the unfortunate woman, while Libertine busied himself with complimenting the exotic Gipsy beauty, and regaling her with stories of his wit and bravery.
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If he could only be assured of their being dead, he would have been comparatively happy; but he saw, in imagination, his mother in the cotton-field, followed by a monster task-master, and no one to speak a consoling word to her.
The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. By Wm. Wells Brown. With a Memoir of the Author.
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Tern rubbed his neck as though he had hurt it in the fall, made a little consoling noise like a chirp to himself, and glanced at her curiously.
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It is why the wounded who leave the field on stretchers invariably receive consoling applause from all quarters, friend and foe.
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What harm did he do her in consoling himself, since he thought she was dead?" said Saffredent.
The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre
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After a few years embroiled in ambivalence, empathy, concern and more, the changes medication, consoling and more, can have on this person “at times” seemingly leaves them like an empty vessel where life, as we know it, has just been sucked out of them, and yes, they are indeed slower.
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Here is a consoling thought, as you ponder the implications of the first government takeover of a British bank in a quarter of a century.
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Rational Review
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Then she got over it and was the one consoling the people who visited her.
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Does this imply that narratives' clarifying and consoling effects are delusory?
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I looked forlornly past the celebratory bottle of champagne, consoling myself that it could be saved for New Years, and selected a bottle of Barbados dark rum from my disturbingly overstocked bar.
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My associate quickly became a friend as he tried consoling me with humour and sympathy.
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Beyond your personal encouragement (and a Chiefs aye a consoling influence on the field, I'll never deny), there's little you could do here that cannot, with your pardon, be fairly well done by Sir Donald and myself, and Elrigmore here, who have made what you might call a trade of tulzie and brulzie.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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Then she got over it and was the one consoling the people who visited her.
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Jasper is considered to be a very supportive stone: it has a consoling and comforting presence.
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Jerry, after taking a look at his brother, patted Jasmine consolingly on the hand.
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It is not very consoling to have one 's own likeness.
Middlemarch
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It is why the wounded who leave the field on stretchers invariably receive consoling applause from all quarters, friend and foe.
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Michael's voice was gentle and consoling.
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Consoling a griever can feel like a frightening task.
Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW: How to Console a Grieving Friend During the Holidays
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His arm was round her shoulders now, supporting and consoling, his own briefcase beside hers on the wet ground.
SANDS OF TIME
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He strongly felt the consoling power of the music in the pastorale, and Silverman recognizes the ambiguity in the title, which means both ‘woman rocking a cradle ‘and ‘lullaby.’
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They started talking, each one recalling the events in detail and consoling themselves.
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The mare nickered consolingly, blowing warm air over her troubled companion.
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Rome and her iniquities; the streets, deserted by the people, were trodden by French patrols; all was silent as the grave itself; and not a friend was there to bid them adieu; not a relative to speak a consoling word to the departing; and none to acquaint the unfortunates who remained behind with their terrible calamity!
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge
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It may have been with the idea of consoling her that Charles, on 29 December, 1429, ennobled the Maid and all her family, who henceforward, from the lilies on their coat of arms, were known by the name of Du Lis.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
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Rational Review
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Because lacks consoling in the real life which should have, then transfers but explores the life and the cosmic inventory metaphysical significance.
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A great deal has been said about these artists searching for the ugly instead of consoling us with beauty.
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It pays homage to the consoling human connection which alone can save us, and which turn up in the oddest places.
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I was consoling Liz on having broken up with her boyfriend.
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In their presence, the audience could feel its civilized surface annulled and replaced by a consoling sense of unity with nature.