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01. The mother was holding her daughter in her arms, and trying to [console] her after her kitten was hit by a car.
02. I lost the game, but I [consoled] myself with the knowledge that I had improved a lot nonetheless.
03. Yona's friends did their best to [console] her after she saw her boyfriend kissing another girl at the party.
04. It is little [consolation] to know that the kid who beat up my son has been caught; nothing will really happen to him, and he won't even have to apologize.
05. The old woman was completely [inconsolable] after the death of her husband.
06. She lost the tournament in the final round, but she won a new tennis racquet as a [consolation] prize.
07. The musicians were sitting around the [console], making the final changes to the mixing of their newest song.
08. After our puppy died, my daughter was [inconsolable] for days.
09. The President personally went to the hospital to [console] the survivors of the terrorist attack.
10. The boys sat in front of the video [console] for hours, playing game after game.
11. Sir Francis Bacon once wrote that imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, a sense of humor to [console] him for what he is.
12. Berthe Morisot once observed that the love of nature is [consolation] against failure.
13. Earl Warren once said that when he turned 40, a friend [consoled] him, saying he shouldn't complain about growing old because many people do not have that privilege.
14. The Greek philosopher Democritus once wrote, "If you suffer injustice, [console] yourself; the true unhappiness is in doing it."
15. Studies suggest that Chinese babies cry less, and are more easily [consoled] than American babies.
16. I know you didn't get the job, but if it is any [consolation], you were the second choice out of over 20 applicants.
17. A Swiss proverb notes that great [consolation] may grow out of the smallest saying.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • console — [ kɔ̃sɔl ] n. f. • 1565; de sole « poutre »; étym. pop. sur consoler, consolider 1 ♦ Archit. Moulure saillante en forme de volute ou de S, et qui sert de support. ⇒ corbeau . Console d une corniche, d un balcon. Construction sur consoles. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • console — 1. Console is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun (= panel, cabinet, etc.), and on the second syllable as a verb (= ‘to comfort’). The words have different origins: the noun from Latin solidus ‘solid’ (cf. consolidate) and the… …   Modern English usage

  • Console — Con sole, n. [F.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height. (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table. [1913 Webster] 2. (Computers) The keyboard and monitor of a computer considered together. [GG] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • console (1) — {{hw}}{{console (1)}{{/hw}}s. m.  (V.  nota d uso FEMMINILE) 1 Nella Roma antica e imperiale, ciascuno dei due supremi magistrati con potere annuale. 2 Nei comuni medievali, nome di sommi magistrati. 3 Funzionario cui uno Stato affida funzioni… …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • Console — Con*sole , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consoling}.] [L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See {Solace}.] To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • consolé — consolé, ée (kon so lé, lée) part. passé. Un père mal consolé de la perte de son fils. •   Les larmes de lazare sont essuyées, ses afflictions consolées, MASS. Car. Riche.. •   L humanité te vit et sourit consolée, DELILLE Pitié, IV.    Par… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • console — Ⅰ. console [1] ► VERB ▪ comfort in a time of grief of disappointment. ORIGIN Latin consolari, from solari soothe . Ⅱ. console [2] ► NOUN 1) a panel or unit accommodating a set of controls …   English terms dictionary

  • console — console1 [kən sōl′] vt. consoled, consoling [Fr consoler < L consolari < com , with + solari, to comfort, SOLACE] to make feel less sad or disappointed; comfort SYN. COMFORT consolable adj. consolingly adv. console2 [kän′sōl΄] n …   English World dictionary

  • Console [1] — Console, Joseph, Stempelamtsvorsteher in Mailand, Erfinder der Consoleschen Gewehrschlösser, s. u. Schloß …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Console [2] — Console (fr., spr. Kongsohl), 1) ein verzierter Kragstein; 2) (Consolchen), ein Meubel, in Form eines kleinen, an die Mauer befestigten Tisches, gewöhnlich an Pfeilern, unter Spiegeln, Uhren, Statuetten etc. angebracht …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Console — Console, der Vorsprung an einer Mauer zum Tragen eines Simses, Erkers, Balkons, einer Büste, Tischplatte etc. Es gibt Consolen als Meubles, aus Holz, Metall etc., welche an der Mauer, besonders an Pfeilern und unter Spiegeln etc., befestigt… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

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