How to Use consolation in a Sentence

consolation

noun

• His kind words were a consolation to me.
• The pitch was out of the zone, as if that was any consolation.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
• The losers will play in a consolation game the same day.
  — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2021
• The consolation is knowing the truth will come out as the process plays out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• Hu bounced back from a third-round loss to win a pair of consolation matches and earn key points for the team.
  — Steve Millar, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• Jordyn Listro found Mikayla Cluff in the box to head in what seemed to be a consolation goal to make the score 2-1.
  — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2022
• The Razorbacks will face the loser in the consolation game.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2022
• The consolation: There was still a branch in Lynn serving up the hefty, juicy patties.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
• Nix gamely stood in and tried to lead the Ducks to a consolation touchdown in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2022
• In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Jordyn Listro found Mikayla Cluff in the box to head in what seemed to be a consolation goal to make the score 2-1.
  — Austin David, Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2022
• None of this would offer much consolation to the whales, of course, but their demise is at least to the benefit of man and bear alike.
  — Travel, 29 Dec. 2021
• Yet some did not even have the consolation of burying their dead.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2023
• That might be good for the country — but small consolation to the president and his son.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 14 Oct. 2022
• This is the problem of memoir; this is the consolation of memoir.
  — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• Cheo James scored 24 points to lead the Braves (1-2) to their first victory of the season in a consolation bracket game.
  — Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
• Of course, that's little consolation to the people whose jobs end up on the chopping block.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
• For every one of us in fact or in fiction, this will happen at some point, which is both the challenge and the consolation of the form.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• That was always sort of the consolation — we’re not getting paid as much.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
• Oakland added a consolation strike in the 83rd minute after a scrum in front of the net, but by then the celebration was on.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2023
• The loser will receive silver, and bronze will be earned by the winner of the consolation game.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• The consolation game follows at noon and the championships game is at 2 p.m.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
• Now, your wins are more than moral or consolation prizes.
  — The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
• The Vikings outscored the Yellow Jackets 16-8 in the fourth quarter to secure the victory in a consolation game.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2022
• Perhaps the largest consolation is the idea that, in the actual Cold War, a British spy would be allowed at the adults’ table.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• None of which is any consolation to Jacki and Ken Churchill, who fear for his survival.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2022
• That game will follow the 6 p.m. consolation game between Penn and North Daviess.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2022
• The sole consolation is that lecanemab is likely to be the first of many such drugs to appear on the market, whose costs are likely to fall over time.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 31 Aug. 2024
• The fact the season isn’t over offered some consolation.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
• But there was one small consolation: she’d be seated next to someone else her age—the groom’s teenage son, Christopher Toh.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
• My consolation, though, is a chance to fish a warm-up event with a select group of anglers before the real competition begins.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024