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verb

past tense of comfort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comforted
Verb
  • Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser has assured fans (and some lawyers, probably) that jokes about the legal battle between Lively and Baldoni are strictly off the table.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2025
  • But even though the economy and job market still look solid at the moment, the path ahead is not assured.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Players who remain true to their end goal but are unafraid to evolve will end up reaping the rewards for a very long time.
    Matteo Atti, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • More notably, Peters was also wholly unafraid to bust taboos and wade into the kinds of uncomfortable conversations around gender and sexuality that other trans writers might have skirted around.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Beating this mentality truly lies in the entrepreneur’s mindset and can be soothed by a few critical steps.
    Sean Gould, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Although both involve shedding, dryness occurs when there’s a lack of moisture and usually can be soothed with hydrating products.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • LaBruce’s idiosyncrasy is connected to the fearless audacity of his brave, tragic inspiration, Pasolini.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This industry is wild, man, with brave human beings who can look at something for its wholeness and take the crookeds with the straights, to quote August Wilson.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Her courageous work in eastern Ukraine stands in direct contrast to Trump and Putin, who heap praise on each other and ignore the devastation to Ukraine, an ignorance that not even death and injury to women and children can penetrate.
    Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The book’s premise revolves around Zachary, a courageous eight-year-old diagnosed with a terminal pediatric cancer, who has an enlightening dream where God approaches him with a mission.
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Comforted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comforted. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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