| 单词 | comforting |
| 释义 | comforting (kʌmfəʳtɪŋ ) adjective If you say that something is comforting, you mean it makes you feel less worried or unhappy. My mother had just died and I found the book very comforting. In the midst of his feelings of impotence, a comforting thought arrived. Synonyms: consoling, encouraging, cheering, reassuring comfortingly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] 'Everything's under control here,' her mother said comfortingly. Collocations: comforting dish It's heavy with onion too, making this a mellow, comforting dish that will fill you up without weighing you down. Times, Sunday Times Or, if their results don't go according to plan, get ready with a comforting dish to help ease the disappointment. The Sun The menus are firmly fixed to the season: if it's frosty, customers crave warming, comforting dishes such as soups, broths or braised meats. Times, Sunday Times I still have a strong connection to it; it gives me a comforting feeling. Times, Sunday Times The familiar, unaltering streetscape induces a comforting feeling of permanence. Times, Sunday Times In a dressing room, it gives me that wonderfully comforting feeling. The Sun When critics assail her putative leadership bid, he offers a comforting hug and a heart-shaped chocolate. Times, Sunday Times It's a comforting hug of a movie, full of moist eyes wiped, big romantic gestures, emotional crises averted, lessons learnt. Times, Sunday Times Why doesn't she give them a comforting hug, make sure they all put on warm fleeces, then wave them goodbye as they seek their fortunes in the wide commercial world? Times, Sunday Times There would have been pats on the back and comforting hugs. Times, Sunday Times No warm full of soft words and comforting hugs. The Sun Or that will be the comforting notion enjoyed by many regulars attending the royal meeting this week. Times, Sunday Times In the space of a quarter of an hour each instalment took a scalpel to our comforting notions about how the world works. Times, Sunday Times All of these comforting notions were shattered by paleoseismology studies showing evidence of extremely large earthquakes, along with historical tsunami records. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a comforting presence, if occasionally confused, and a valuable fixture for the sport. Times, Sunday Times He prefers the sensuousness and comforting presence of real books and real libraries. Times, Sunday Times I end up kicking it out of bed in frustration, only to miss its comforting presence and invite it back in. Times,Sunday Times To them he brings his comforting presence. Christianity Today The house positively hummed with her comforting presence and was an accurate reflection of her large and lively personality, and of a long life of duty to family and country. Times, Sunday Times A comforting smell, somewhere between a granddad and a freshly baked cake. Times, Sunday Times The gagging aroma of burning plastic masks the comforting smell of baking. Times, Sunday Times It's the most comforting smell you can have in a home. Times, Sunday Times Despite the cheery yellow-and-blue decor and the comforting smell of cooking, this place feels starkly municipal. Times, Sunday Times The fresh and comforting smells were a contrast to the damp and scary caves. The Sun In contrast to the comforting sound of its call, the cuckoo has a sinister lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times This has a comforting sound to it but it just means a school not maintained by a local authority. Times, Sunday Times I drift off to sleep to the comforting sound of my family talking and laughing. Smithsonian Mag Comforting thought to live in a world where we protect ourselves with such assurances. Christianity Today Not a comforting thought if you are one of the 800,000 people who visited a doctor's surgery today. Times, Sunday Times He meant it as a comforting thought. Times, Sunday Times I find this a comforting thought. Times, Sunday Times For those of us not making billions a year, it's a comforting thought that the absurdly rich are not always as happy as they set out to be. Times, Sunday Times I'd make nice food, give him lots of tea and comforting words. Times, Sunday Times That doesn't mean we should only preach comforting words, of course. Christianity Today These could be the comforting words you get from a nurse giving you a flu jab in the event of a pandemic. Times, Sunday Times During her shopping trip yesterday, strangers moved by the family's nightmare rushed to offer comforting words. The Sun These are not the most obviously comforting words to find in a vocal album recorded and released during a global pandemic. Times,Sunday Times If it seems oddly comforting that even the government's scientific advisers are now also working from home, it shouldn't be. Times,Sunday Times Her roadside outlets, garlanded with plastic flowers, stand like fire buckets on the edge of a caldera — utterly impotent, but oddly comforting. Times, Sunday Times When the assistant hands it to me, it feels oddly comforting in my hand. Times, Sunday Times I find it oddly comforting to think of us all going about life with damaged brains. Christianity Today I find that oddly comforting. Times, Sunday Times Even though there were no words, the fact that my dad and brothers were fighting with the same emotions as me was strangely comforting. Times, Sunday Times Mundane, yes, but also strangely comforting. Times, Sunday Times Touching and strangely comforting, in fact. Times, Sunday Times There's something strangely comforting in the simplicity of it. Times, Sunday Times And it's ultimately the very opposite of alarmist: it's evasive; strangely comforting; a kind of escapism because it suggests that an external event will finally kick us into action. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 令人安慰的 Japanese: 慰めとなる |
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