solace
IPA: sˈɑɫʌs
noun
- Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
- A source of comfort or consolation.
verb
- (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
- (transitive) To allay or assuage.
- (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
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Examples of "solace" in Sentences
- I find a solace in the statement.
- He found solace in reading the book.
- She seeks solace in the virtual world.
- She is singing solace to the silent moon.
- The youth and amateur broadcasters found in him a solace.
- Undirected and uninspired, Mike found solace on the courts.
- Hassan was one who found solace in austerity and frugality.
- Tagomi doesn't find solace in the killing of the SD agents.
- Butcher retreated to the wilderness for solace and restoration.
- The statement is that the masses get their solace from religion.
- As his eyes welled with tears, he added, "I found a certain solace and soothing in the telling."
- I take some solace from the fact that this morning's snowfall will eventually become part of next summer's trout stream.
- If so, perhaps ITV can take solace from the fact that breakfast television has never taken off over here as it did in the US.
- That's pretty gross, I know, but at least here in the Rocky Mountain State we can take solace from the fact that we're not Mississippi, the nation's fattest state, where better than one out of every three people is considered obese.
- Much like President Bill Clinton took solace from the Democratic defeat in the 1994 midterms, so does Obama embark this week on a lengthy trip to Asia, where he will be able to put aside temporarily the political setback at home for a turn on the global stage, where he remains widely admired.
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