adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a comforting thought
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‘People might not have noticed we’re late.’ ‘That’s a comforting thought.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
thought
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She had another, less comforting thought .
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I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it.
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Somehow that was a comforting thought .
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Apart from the implications of this for prayers and strategy, it was a comforting thought - so long as one was winning.
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That must be a comforting thought for a family about to be evicted.
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Not a comforting thought for a country with a £17 billion trade deficit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was comforting to see the lights of home.
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She laid a comforting hand on my arm.
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Stefan tried to think of something comforting to say.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being able to visit the grave and talk to your pet can also be very comforting .
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He seemed to be a reassuring, comforting presence.
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I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it.
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She had been comforting about the chances of the baby being born all right, hadn't she?
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The house seemed to put comforting arms around her, as she wandered from room to room.
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The need to go into space, an extension of the comforting vacuum.