console
to comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment
Word origin: From Latin consolari, to comfort.
Console in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing console in a sentence.
Friends gathered to console the family after the unexpected loss.
The mentor sought to console her student after the rejection, reminding him that early setbacks rarely predict eventual success.
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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.
Using “console” well
As a verb, console means to ease another's grief and pairs with comfort and soothe. Note the unrelated noun console (a control panel or cabinet), which is spelled identically but stressed differently.
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