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    1. That would probably help if you can comfort him


    2. Ava had confided a lot about her life in the Kassikan, her comfort with Kulai and her torment under the influence of Tdeshi's hormones


    3. You need a cushioned shoe for comfort and to avoid injury when you’re exercising


    4. Also define the risk you need to assume, which should be in tune with your comfort level


    5. Serpent went to Mouse to comfort her and to receive comfort for his loss


    6. Having attained to physical comfort, relaxation, and having withdrawn ourselves from the body consciousness, we next note our breathing and ascertain whether it is quiet, even and rhythmic


    7. Asana should be done with comfort, ease, alertness and steadiness, achieving a balance between ease and effort


    8. the back of the car, sitting back in deep leather comfort as the Moor drove them not to


    9. Travis collapsed onto the ground in tears and his mother leaned down to comfort him


    10. salvation, healing and eternal comfort in God

    11. comfort, it can resurface in another part of the body


    12. Trying to comfort her, though horribly aware that there is nothing I can say which will make things better, I sit beside her uttering soothing noises, one arm round her shoulders as she sobs for some minutes


    13. Comfort him yes, but hit him also


    14. ’ I said, understanding his need for comfort


    15. Stephen is behaving like a collie in charge of a flock of sheep, almost comical in his endeavours to be of comfort to Liz


    16. took no comfort then in the wonderful fact that the first of her grandchildren had


    17. "And that scares you doesn't it?" Ava told him, using her comfort with cloning as a weapon, even against a mortal


    18. is no comfort for demons if they have to share a body with the spirit that is


    19. anything other than grim resignation, but he saw nothing there that would comfort


    20. 781 milliseconds and would receive their next timeslice in the comfort of their own entry hall

    21. ’ He said deliberately seriously understating the case, ‘In the summer, I tend to get my breakfast and bring it up to eat in bed, and, on the odd occasion when I’ve been ill, it has been a great comfort to be able to see that lot from the bed


    22. I could touch it without whimpering, and somehow found comfort in the strangely skewed ridge that had formed at the top of my septum


    23. Knowing that you are not alone, that others bear the burden of living like you do, is a strange sort of comfort


    24. I unfolded it slowly, measuring each crease between my fingers, aching for the comfort of words and yet totally afraid of what I might read


    25. Our kisses and our caresses in the dark night hours somehow brought comfort and assuaged the loneliness that otherwise threatened to engulf us


    26. anger but she knew she did not have time to comfort him further, for the


    27. He took no comfort then in the wonderful fact that the first of her grandchildren had called her Nana to her face before Charos stole her away from him


    28. The stench of wet decay was almost a comfort


    29. MacKenzie searched his old friend’s face for a sign, for a token that suggested anything other than grim resignation, but he saw nothing there that would comfort him


    30. I rejoice that in pain there is comfort, in struggle there is ability to overcome, in persecution there is endurance, and in torture there is a crown

    31. To the woman who complained that riches hadn't made her happy, the Master said, "You speak as if luxury and comfort were ingredients of happiness; whereas all you need to be really happy, my dear, is something to be enthusiastic about


    32. This moment, this comfort, the warmth of the axe blade


    33. Ashley and Beth went to her and offered comfort as sisters would


    34. Everything is as you left it in the snug comfort


    35. When, after careful practice, you can perform this asana to your liking and can hold it in comfort for several minutes, while you hold it practice deep breathing with your eyes closed and your spine held straight


    36. Berndt standing, head held high, the Gottestones of his calling in his hands, smiling … actually smiling and giving us words of hope and comfort


    37. is the comfort, is the beauty of living,


    38. She sought the comfort of Daniels arms, and she cried and mourned for that ‘silly’ dog


    39. It's called Hotel Anessis and the name means comfort


    40. Your new calmness of mind will make it unnecessary for you to turn to food for comfort or as a means of relieving tension or boredom

    41. Repressing the urge to go and comfort him, I turn my attention to the document he’s given me


    42. the counting comfort, the reassurance of wolf,


    43. In despair Archibald thought that at least he might be able to comfort her with a kiss


    44. Incidentally the Shoulderstand is especially recommended for women after childbirth after a suitable period of recuperation has elapsed, but in all cases do not prolong the posture beyond the point of absolute comfort


    45. Around his waist he wrapped a thick woollen scarf to comfort his kidneys and hold up his trousers


    46. Almost immediately after leaving the border, in the comfort of knowing I was safe, I lost it again


    47. Before long, we were enjoying the reassuring comfort of silence amongst friends


    48. joints or other scenes as all interaction is limited to the website, which is also in the comfort of your home or office


    49. ' We stood silently, respectfully, our minds resting in the comfort of that moment


    50. Elizabeth assisted the doctor, and now she needs your comfort














































    1. When the boy, my new guard touched me, I felt like a child again, like a naughty little boy who had been sent to his room only to be comforted half an hour later by a worried mother hen


    2. After the jokes came the razor slash, and we each comforted the other as the bruises and scabs healed


    3. Despite the hope and the warmth that comforted me during those first few days with Menachem, that conversation about my father was the catalyst for a spell of deep depression


    4. I lay in the dark, breathless, warmed and comforted


    5. He always liked churches, that was one of the things that comforted him the most about religion was the grand spaces where it was practiced


    6. She seems comforted by this


    7. He actually comforted her and they had a talk about what goes where in human genitalia


    8. My master comforted me and told me she was not lost


    9. things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in


    10. comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation

    11. surprised but strangely comforted by a strong smell of garlic that


    12. His steps getting quicker and quicker as he moved off down the path, he comforted himself with the thought that this was the sensible course to take


    13. It comforted and


    14. Emma at least took comforted in that fact


    15. tempest and not comforted behold I


    16. Each was more convinced of the other's growing friendship and both were happily comforted at the thought


    17. “Thank the gods,” he growled, comforted that the walls were utterly still to his touch


    18. But still he wailed, and kicked with his legs, and refused to be comforted


    19. Vic comforted Glenelle, Alfred heard something about "Sometimes these things can't be helped," but he didn't have time to get involved


    20. after supper, and were comforted by the solemn service –

    21. We have comforted and heated


    22. I comforted myself with the thought that if they were talking, they weren’t kissing


    23. “Rest assured, you’re still the prettiest of them all,” he comforted her and put his arm around her shoulders to show some affection


    24. Ravena comforted, “Those 'smudges' in the scanning data are well within tolerances


    25. Danny felt strangely comforted


    26. Torbin is it?’ It was her, and he felt comforted by her mild tones, even though it was as if she’d forgotten him


    27. I don"t think I have ever been so comforted by anyone"s presence


    28. “So what do you think about me doing my bit for you brave lads I have got this pretty coloured skin and the people like you and me are dying so that these war profiteers can make even more money to wallow in”, she broke down crying and I held her in my arms and comforted her


    29. ” That comforted me somewhat


    30. I comforted myself by telling myself that I wanted to make sure he was all right before I moved on

    31. comforted by the excitement of the voyage they were taking and


    32. I could tell him all my troubles, and he always comforted me with a dependable purr and a sympathetic look in his golden eyes


    33. Cigarettes comforted us in these situations and were reasonably cheap so it was no wonder so many of the lads smoked


    34. Anyone would have liked to have stopped and comforted their friends and seen what they could do for them but it would have been suicide to even try


    35. As I comforted her, I began to be comforted myself


    36. He felt his heartbeat slow and felt comforted


    37. But, of course, he did not see her, and no friendly face comforted him preceding the fight


    38. endless, and he didn’t find himself comforted by any of them


    39. He felt strangely comforted by them all being there with him and Esther, but was also alarmed as he would have to manage them somehow


    40. Ray was feeling particularly sorry for himself and talking to Nathan again, especially in that cemetery, had comforted him but also disturbed him

    41. ” Manna comforted the old man


    42. Many a time I sat in a Casspir waiting for the hail of bullets and (you know what) to hit the fan, and I would be comforted by someone chain smoking close by


    43. her lap, she rocked and hushed and comforted, as though Toinette had


    44. Then she went on: "I comforted the poor little


    45. away from home, but safe and comforted and sheltered


    46. I would have so dearly loved to have been comforted by her, been held in her arms while she told me her son would get over his silliness and return to his normal self and then all our dreams would become a reality


    47. Vera comforted me as best she could


    48. Dr Preston patted me on my shoulders in a kind and comforting way, but I was not comforted at all


    49. Sarah sounded so motherly to William that he felt comforted enough to continue


    50. for they will be comforted














































    1. Still, he always told it the exact same way, and Sarah always felt there was something comforting about that


    2. Strangely this thought of foreign heads was comforting


    3. It’s comforting – living alone can be difficult when you are worried about something and just having someone who is not involved to talk to can clear your head


    4. Comforting myself that I can cope with a pretend kiss, I take my place


    5. A circumstance for which I envy them heartily … I am trying to be positive but although logic tells me that the likelihood of me being in that state is remote, my record for bad luck so far is not comforting


    6. The light fleece top that she had ultimately decided to bring along sat snugly over her shoulders, not worn, as that would be too much admission of sensibility, but comforting nonetheless


    7. It was pleasantly warm sitting in the sunshine, the familiar view comforting in its unchangingness


    8. Slowly, my senses steadying, I open my eyes and try to calm my breathing … the familiar room is comforting


    9. Leaning against him is comforting – scenting the fresh sweat and animal maleness of the man, the tears recede


    10. The old girl put a comforting hand on his shoulder, slipped a grubby piece of paper under his nose and quietly made her way back out into the insomniac streets of the city

    11. As it was she was quite content to end the day as she often did by toasting the world with another hint of single malt, safe in the comforting knowledge that the sun, like people, inevitably moves towards sunset


    12. In the resulting confusion, with neighbours comforting Miss Jones and paramedics aiding the young man, they had no time in which to become acquainted


    13. ” He found he was enjoying her enthusiasm, her presence was somehow familiar, even comforting


    14. It was a good feeling; the smell of her was comforting


    15. My God, I can hear them! They were keening a very low humming; it was a soothing, warm, comforting sound


    16. I spot Alastair’s car; it’s comforting


    17. The routine of getting his personification ready to present to others was comforting


    18. He’s obviously relaxed with the concept that Simon is comforting me which is a relief


    19. She withdrew from her mother and no matter how desperate the look in her mother’s alcohol skewed eyes, she would not be drawn back into the bosom of her mother’s awful love, which is why, as the days passed and the new song hit the headlines and the airwaves, the only person who knew anything of it or enjoyed its strange and comforting melodies was Lucy, who saw no reason to share her comfort with anyone else


    20. Ken first became aware of the haunting but strangely comforting melody down at his local pub one evening a few weeks after Alan’s rude and abrupt departure

    21. her and smiled what she hoped would be a big and comforting


    22. The old girl put a comforting hand on his shoulder, slipped


    23. anything of it or enjoyed its strange and comforting melodies was


    24. Ken first became aware of the haunting but strangely comforting


    25. “You can be an irritating as well as a comforting friend


    26. Home for him was always with him, comforting and guiding his thoughts and feelings


    27. I hold Abi, muttering comforting noises and stroking her hair as she sobs her worry into my shoulder


    28. ” Alan overheard Yhomaire comforting her on their walk up the street when he was gawking in shop windows


    29. As comforting as Kit's hand had been, she somehow felt better knowing Jim was there


    30. "That's comforting to me in a way

    31. So the wise girl retired for the time, but, of course, a good deal of the smell of hot cabbage remained behind, as it will do, and Toad, between his sobs, sniffed and reflected, and gradually began to think new and inspiring thoughts: of chivalry, and poetry, and deeds still to be done; of broad meadows, and cattle browsing in them, raked by sun and wind; of kitchen-gardens, and straight herb-borders, and warm snap-dragon beset by bees; and of the comforting clink of dishes set down on the table at Toad Hall, and the scrape of chair-legs on the floor as everyone pulled himself close up to the table


    32. Not wanting to stray too far from the marine and his comforting presence


    33. him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder


    34. He’d only meant the gesture to be comforting


    35. comforting fact was that I wasn’t the only one shaken; it had not


    36. It was a familiar sound; almost comforting


    37. Their father Adrianus would merely chuckle and embrace his wife, offering comforting kisses


    38. His hands were perspiring and the cool mug was comforting to hold


    39. He drew a deep breath, once more briefly reveling in the comforting scent


    40. But in some unexpected way, the robust breeze was comforting - even though the near-spectral moons did give him pause

    41. warm and comforting look, she completed her thought


    42. It seeks to hold your entire attention and trap you in the comforting illusion of a rational universe, when the real universe is irrational


    43. You live this life without the comforting, but illusory, certainty of reason


    44. All of it was beautiful, comforting


    45. “I find it immensely comforting! And that our Elf is just the sort of individual these lofty entities want in their club---that is beyond satisfying


    46. Soon one of the nurses would come and mop her brow, providing a comforting arm


    47. Yet strangely she was also profoundly comforting


    48. She had closed her eyes to take in the atmosphere and the comforting sound and had drifted in that reverie for a few DRAFTChapter 18 481


    49. My tears landed in her soft blonde hair, and whispered comforting words to her, hoping she could hear me


    50. Suffice to say the information unraveled from those regressions is both comforting and profound














































    1. We were not told that destroying our environment in the quest for our worldly comforts is immoral


    2. 15:3-5; James 5:19-20), and comforts the weak and sad sheep in times of sickness


    3. She comforts me as best as she can, kneeling by my chair and holding me tightly


    4. ” She recovered quickly, “Here am I seeking my own comforts and ignoring your pre-imminent concerns as a mother


    5. So she did the next best thing she sacrificed the larger kitchen everyone else had received, and went on the search for the little comforts, Mike clung tightly to in Salt Lake


    6. laugh and smile, he comforts you


    7. They live for the blessing of heaven and the freedom of the captives rather than the comforts of this world


    8. ) `Stupid animal that I was' (he said), `now I must sit in this dungeon, till people who were proud to say they knew me, have forgotten the very name of Toad! O wise old Badger!' (he said), `O clever, intelligent Rat and sensible Mole! What sound judgments, what a knowledge of men and matters you have! O unhappy and lost Toad!' With cries such as these he passed his days and nights for several weeks, refusing his meals or snacks, though the grim and ancient jailer, knowing that Toad was rich, often pointed out that many comforts, and indeed luxuries, could be sent in-- at a price--from outside


    9. But for all of its comforts, it was a town that she was eager to leave at first light; something about the air, something in the way the wind gave a sad howl kept her uneasy


    10. The car had all sorts of conveniences and comforts not usually available

    11. The small upper rooms were rented to travelers who could afford such small comforts


    12. People wanted to know how our leave had gone and more important what home comforts had we brought back with us from ‘Blighty’


    13. possessions, creature comforts, and experiences than he ever would have


    14. Fresh paint inside and out, with many new comforts,


    15. * The Southern Cross was a charity who supplied much needed comforts from home to the troops and policemen on the Borders during the war


    16. The triggering device behind these uprisings has been, among other things, a growing perception of (native) French complacency, indifference and (perhaps) bigotry by a (weary) nation that has grown accustomed to its creature comforts; supported by emerging working classes who feel deprived of its social and political rights as well as uncertain of their own proper role in French society


    17. The airport stands out as one of the most beautiful and comfortable that I have ever seen: it relaxes the body, comforts the soul and enriches the spirit


    18. For him, the perspective of wandering translates into a vision of adventures, pleasure and enjoyment, free from the anguish and anxiety of the hidden or the unknown and the comforts of the daily routine


    19. stage for us to leave the comforts of home and venture out across


    20. Thank god for the comforts of America, but the irony is that our

    21. comforts have created a real chal enge for the American church


    22. They were only shepherds, so they didn´t have many comforts to share; and could not afford to stop working either


    23. If it comforts you, some of them insist that it isn’t as bad as it seems


    24. family than we could ever have grown had we not left the comforts of


    25. Some non-shamans tried their best to secure comforts from others


    26. He shakes his head again, and I wonder, suddenly, if this is how he comforts himself: by convincing himself that the bad things he’s done don’t matter


    27. 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners


    28. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul


    29. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners


    30. one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem

    31. It is within walking distance of the Louvre art gallery and the River Seine, and promises modern comforts in its rooms as well as fine dining


    32. from the same boat material but such creature comforts had failed


    33. and produce sparks; he may be enjoying the comforts of Brian’s


    34. It appears that schools are for teachers comforts not to educate the children


    35. Baker comforts him in the midst of his sobs


    36. Justin Davidson said an entrepreneur is a special person who has opted for the excitement and risks of independent businessman rather than the comforts and security of corporate life


    37. rented them this penthouse over 4,500 sq ft, with all possible comforts, setup the


    38. As he tumbled through the absence of things, the circle and the cane went with him, strange comforts in the unaccountable light


    39. When Mary sings, I know that my pains are echoes of Her own, and that always comforts me


    40. God comforts those who are in trouble (2

    41. You may bring a radio, television, or other comforts of home


    42. Your love comforts me and allows me to experience the manifestation of Your visions and dreams


    43. “One who would serve will not waste a thought upon his own comforts, which he leaves to be attended to or neglected by his Master on high


    44. Since he was taking care of the people like a father figure, sacrificing his own comforts and self interests, and willing to go to jail for them; people started calling him 'Bapu' (father)


    45. This capacity to sacrifice his personal comforts and even that of his family showed a very strong desire for community service


    46. The comforts and security of civilization have come at a terrible emotional price and, in my opinion, have not been worth it


    47. If it were up to me, I would see you stay at the castle and enjoy the immeasurable comforts of Coral Wing


    48. I would guess you’d draw no more than two years at a minimum security facility---a Club Fed close to your home where you can play tennis, watch television and enjoy many creature comforts


    49. But still, the great inner peace irradiates from him and comforts everyone who listens


    50. If the Word spoken is truly inspired by the Holy Spirit, you’ll find that it comforts and challenges and builds up and exposes ‘the secrets of men’s hearts’ compelling those who hear to acknowledge that God is speaking (1 Corinthians 14:3, 24–31)













































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    Synonyms for "comfort"

    comfort consolation solace comforter puff quilt comfortableness ease console soothe plenty relaxation opulence luxury abundance contentment satisfaction compassion succour encouragement condolence upraise repose serenity peace quiet tranquillity leisure rest relieve pacify calm condole nourish revitalise revitalize revive gratify cheer bolster pamper

    "comfort" definitions

    a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain


    a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment


    the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction


    a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state


    satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing


    bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together


    assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal


    give moral or emotional strength to


    lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate