solace

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I take great solace in the fact that there are people out there actually changing the world.

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Quick take

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"

noun

comfort in disappointment or misery

noun

the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for solace.

noun

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"

noun

comfort in disappointment or misery

noun

the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"

verb

give moral or emotional strength to

Example sentences

I take great solace in the fact that there are people out there actually changing the world.

If it's in such words you find your personal solace, please disregard what I have to say.

I was not 'strong' enough to solve it, but I find some solace in the fact that my intuition that its 'time had come' was right.

I've always taken solace from those people- I hope that the people of Boston can be equally inspiring.

I find solace in the fact that others felt this despondence and through pages and time the authors reach out with empathy.

I became withdrawn, anti-social, believing that solace was in books and learning rather than other people.

Today of course, all that lobster gets shipped overseas, and the locals can't afford to eat it. At least they can take solace in the fact that the market is allocating scarce lobsters to those who value them the most.

Yes, they improve measurable things like boot time, but a quick boot is little solace when your web browser regularly locks up for 20 seconds.

My solace was counting down each day to 18, and occasionally sneaking off to public libraries to use their computers for a bit.

If DHH and Co. don't want to recognize some of the great books you and others have churned out, at least take solace in the fact that many in the community appreciate your hard work.

The only thing that gives me solace is that the industries summarily executed this morning have an A+ lobbying game, which in Washington, DC means everything.

My father was murdered about 10 years ago and really the only solace in the situation is that he was pretty sick at the time and would have suffered through the rest of his life and he was only 47 at the time.

If you are at the end of a hard day's work, struggling with a tough problem and making no progress at all, even regressing at some points, take solace in this: you still did a lot more for the world than the guys at Lodsys

And while the more or less official definition of "mountain" is 1,000 feet, I don't think it provides much solace that it takes 2 years instead of 1 for America's livestock to consume a literal mountain of antibiotics.