Comforted

Examples

• To be otherwise comforted was out of the question. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I was comforted. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I spent some hours with her; she comforted, but knew not how to advise me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But he always aided and comforted me when he could, in some way of his own, and he always did so at dinner-time by giving me gravy, if there were any. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Meg received his humble apology, and was much comforted by the assurance that Brooke knew nothing of the joke. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mrs. March did not say much but looked disturbed, and comforted her afflicted little daughter in her tenderest manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You have comforted others with such things, father. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They were comforted by seeing some birds, and later on by finding a pole worked with tools, and a branch with strange berries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It soothed and comforted her so to open her heart. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I arose somewhat comforted: but stiff, and so cold that my whole frame trembled violently. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Be comforted, my dear Eugene. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Be comforted; be hopeful. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Of such it is written, Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I comforted her as well as I might. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Much comforted by these considerations, I thanked Wemmick again and again, and begged him to proceed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We soothed and comforted her by such words as we could find. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I begged Joe to be comforted, for (as he said) we had ever been the best of friends, and (as I said) we ever would be so. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She felt comforted at once by the sympathy and confidence given her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They took De Foe to their bosoms, instead of Euclid, and seemed to be on the whole more comforted by Goldsmith than by Cocker. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Is he comforted to know that we still love him? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He came back at last, somewhat comforted. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Beth smiled and felt comforted, for the tiny thing seemed to offer its small friendship and remind her that a pleasant world was still to be enjoyed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If I had been a richer man I would have gone back to London, and would have comforted myself with a sight of the two dear faces again that night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr and Mrs Boffin have comforted him, sitting with his little book on these stairs, often. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• That is more like the composed look you comforted me with, my dear, when you showed me such a change! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He comforted her; he instilled into her his own hopes and desires; and soon her countenance beamed with sympathy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I comforted her and she stopped crying. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• As he comforted himself with these reflections, the chaise stopped at the door of the Old Royal. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I comforted her and would have raised her, but she cried no, no; she wanted to stay there! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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