How to Use cold comfort in a Sentence

cold comfort

noun
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  • The good news about the economy is cold comfort to people who have lost their jobs.
  • But for the Googlers who have been asked to work on the project, that has come as cold comfort.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2018
  • But that will be cold comfort to the players who can’t stay afloat.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • All of this is cold comfort for fans of the Nittany Lions and the Wolverines, of course.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2020
  • But that will be cold comfort for those who want to put the Trump era more firmly in the rearview mirror.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 11 June 2021
  • Although they were sought by Winkler and Bryan, the changes are cold comfort for the loss of a beloved daughter.
    — Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philly.com, 1 June 2018
  • The researchers found this safeguard to be cold comfort.
    — Markus Anderljung and Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But the lopsided House vote will be a cold comfort to the Kurds who were so foolish as to trust us.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • In the face of all this, the warm weather is a cold comfort, but a comfort nonetheless.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2020
  • That’s cold comfort for the users who were left in the lurch when their accounts were suddenly closed.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 July 2021
  • Those signs might be cold comfort to people forced to live with the appliances.
    — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • That’s cold comfort to a mother and son who used to have a home of their own, Woodward told reporters last week.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But that will be cold comfort to Mr. Trump, who now finds himself on the wrong side of the bright line these companies have drawn.
    — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Those words were cold comfort to activists who had worked against the efforts to curb voter rights.
    — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2021
  • That may be cold comfort for older acts that are stuck with lower rates.
    — New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • For the men and women who had testified against him, the verdict was cold comfort.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • That's cold comfort to Nkeki, who hasn't been able to let go of her memories.
    — Ali Abare Abubakar and John Dyer, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2017
  • That is likely cold comfort to the fifth-year guard, who has opened the season more frigid than any player on the Spurs’ roster.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • That comes as cold comfort in a country where some 2,500 people died every day over the past week, more than triple the number in the US.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • There’s cold comfort in knowing an entire wave of restaurants will have to close.
    — Edward Lee, Bon Appétit, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Yet that’s cold comfort for a team seeking its first victory in a true road game since Nov. 19.
    — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • That’s cold comfort for some in the King school community.
    — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Energy and food prices made up much of the May increase, but this is cold comfort for consumers.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 June 2022
  • Analysts reckon the start of 2023 was worse, but that’s cold comfort to those getting hit now.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That’s cold comfort for fans desperate for more episodes.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 May 2022
  • But Stern is quick to point out this may be cold comfort since the wavelength of light discharged by LED lamps is, in many cases, unclear.
    — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 29 Apr. 2023
  • That’s cold comfort for Gazans living through the bombardment.
    — NBC News, 14 May 2021
  • That’s cold comfort for fans of the Choco Taco, which featured vanilla ice cream in a sweet, taco-shaped shell that was dipped in milk chocolate and showered with peanuts.
    — Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022
  • Yet, that will be cold comfort because there will be many more impeachments.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Given the scale of the devastation wrought by the parochialism of union officials like Jordan, the fact that this tactic just isn’t working anymore is cold comfort.
    — The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024

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