All 5 Uses of
console
in
The House of Mirth
- Only one thought consoled her, and that was the contemplation of Lily's beauty.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- She looked puzzled at the redoubled laughter which hailed her words, but it might have consoled her to know how deeply they had sunk into the breast of one of her hearers.†
Chpt 1.7
- It was part of the game to make him feel that her appeal had been an uncalculated impulse, provoked by the liking he inspired; and the renewed sense of power in handling men, while it consoled her wounded vanity, helped also to obscure the thought of the claim at which his manner hinted.†
Chpt 1.7
- Since she had been brought up to be ornamental, she could hardly blame herself for failing to serve any practical purpose; but the discovery put an end to her consoling sense of universal efficiency.†
Chpt 2.11
- In the peacock-blue parlour, with its bunches of dried pampas grass, and discoloured steel engravings of sentimental episodes, he looked about him with unconcealed disgust, laying his hat distrustfully on the dusty console adorned with a Rogers statuette.†
Chpt 2.11
Definition:
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(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)