How to Use solace in a Sentence

solace

noun

• Her presence was a great solace for me.
• It's important to explain what's going on, but some parents tell their child too much—about being lonely and frightened, about dates they're going on. Instead of the parent offering emotional solace to the child, the child is expected to provide it for the adult.
  — People, 4 Mar. 2002
• But the same path out for him is one in which the rest of the team can take solace.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• Their house was a place of solace and a place of calmness.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2020
• This is the rare novel that brings equal amounts of solace and joy.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• Even so, it’s of little solace to those caught in the chaos.
  — Lori Aratani and Ian Duncan, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
• The Spurs could take some cold solace in their late push.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2018
• In times of grief and loss, art speaks the compelling language of solace.
  — Elisa Turner, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2022
• Still, a four-year wait brings solace to the broken heart.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2018
• His life away from the court doesn’t offer much solace.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2022
• Bam Adebayo took no solace in the fact the odds were stacked against him.
  — Andre C. Fernandez, miamiherald, 26 Oct. 2017
• At the time, youth in the Bronx found solace in music and dancing.
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2021
• Home for us has been a return to the values that shaped us, as well as a place of solace.
  — Cassie Condrey, Southern Living, 24 June 2021
• But solace can be found in just about any quote ever said about change.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• There were three timely drives in which the defense can find solace.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2021
• Existing as the shy kid who takes solace in the outdoors.
  — Julia Ioffe, GQ, 21 June 2018
• These days, Jones finds solace singing in his church choir.
  — CBS News, 5 Feb. 2022
• What kind of solace can these coaches and players take from this?
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2021
• Its back patio area offers up solace from the big city.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018
• In Sea and Sand, he's been kicked out of his house and finds solace on the beach.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 29 June 2020
• Your old favourites can be a reliable source of solace.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 23 Sep. 2022
• Would that bring you some solace, if Greg doesn’t get away with it?
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
• Inter has been spared that fate, of course, but that is scant solace for its fans.
  — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
• Schulz doesn’t shy away from the fact that some of the afflicted may never find solace.
  — Edna Bonhomme, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
• That’s little solace to people who fall prey to the endless scams.
  — Scott Canon, kansascity.com, 8 May 2017
• Her solace now is playing the piano and loving her pets.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 1 May 2020
• But take solace in knowing the island is big enough to escape crowds.
  — Nick Kontis, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• Here, the artist, who would die by suicide the next year, sought solace in painting.
  — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2022
• My only solace is that Rebel doesn't seem to think things are over.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 4 Apr. 2017
• Buckles is a short hike after a long drive, a place of solitude and source for solace.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 6 June 2020

Last Updated: 22 Apr 2024