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
• In an anxious age, what’s the best place to look for consolation?
  — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2020
• 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
• The points came off the board, but that wasn’t much consolation to Musselman.
  — Joe Walljasper, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2021
• The points came off the board, but that wasn't much consolation to Musselman.
  — Joe Walljasper, Star Tribune, 13 Feb. 2021
• 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
• Only this time, the Wild didn't even snag a consolation point.
  — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
• That might be good for the country — but small consolation to the president and his son.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 14 Oct. 2022
• Both wrestlers earned a win in the consolation bracket.
  — cleveland, 20 Feb. 2021
• The winners will meet on Dec. 3 for the title, followed by the consolation game.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• 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
• That’s a small consolation, which Old School Square is trying to avoid, Brinkman says.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 6 May 2021
• 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
• None of that, though, is consolation for the artists' devoted fans, who were quick to share their disdain on social media.
  — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
• But that may come as small consolation for the millions of consumers who continue to grapple with higher food costs both at home and in restaurants due to record-high egg prices.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025