And they comforted themselves with the knowledge that if the court had not intervened, they would have scored a major coup. |
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The Cape, with its soft sea breezes, had always comforted Tyianne when she vacationed here. |
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I wish I could say it comforted me, but scrolling past those dozens of kitty obituaries just bummed me out even more. |
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The teenager's mother wept and was comforted by his father as their son was led from the dock. |
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We comforted ourselves with the thought that in the end these hairy moments aren't the moments they'll remember. |
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He chuckled, turning her so her back faced his chest, and leaned on her shoulder, comforted by her presence without bothering with introductions. |
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Strangely and incredibly, my daughter stops crying, and I am stupefied and comforted by the realisation I am going to enjoy this. |
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I was comforted by the thought of the blissful non-dreaming sleep of death but I could no longer believe in that. |
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They had taken care of her when she was sick, or hurt, and they had comforted and cheered her up when she was sad. |
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The music endures and comforts, just as music endured and comforted in Ireland and Galicia during their years of misery. |
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Exhausted by my travels, and comforted by a hot-water bottle found unexpectedly in my bed, I have overslept. |
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He felt cold and damp, but was comforted to see the twinkle of torchlight in the distance. |
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A fur-and-pearls clientele come to be comforted with well-cooked classics such as tortellini al tartufo. |
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He murmured, slipping into the uncultured speech of the poorer class as he comforted the man in his arms. |
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And they comforted her with their presence and with their appreciation and just by the fact that they listened. |
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I was comforted by the presence of Helen and the new baby and by the support of friends. |
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As a consequence the listener really feels soothed and comforted throughout. |
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I held her hand and comforted her, an inadequate gesture for an elderly person about to live on the street in a tent. |
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Refreshed and relaxed, Michiko dined outdoors, comforted by the crackling sounds of the fire and hot bowls of rice with roasted guinea hen. |
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Players trek into deep jungle and coconut mangroves while comforted by the cool breezes from the ocean. |
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At first she is charmed by them, and comforted by the companionability of the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. |
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Her son gave a brief smile, comforted by those words but still not completely sure that they would follow through. |
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Here Amabelle finds a sort of happiness, still haunted by her parents' death, but comforted by her bond with Sebastien. |
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Although I sometimes feel like a foreigner in a faraway town, I have always felt comforted by the vastness and beauty of the land. |
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A pint of stout, comforted by a cosy interior, is a temptation indeed for the thirsty tourist. |
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He and a female pedestrian comforted the girl at the roadside, and contacted the police. |
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Moments later, he was comforted by an unsmiling, slight figure dressed in T-shirt and jeans. |
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I snuffled, and leant against his warm body, comforted a little by his arm, which was around me waist, his hand resting on my stomach. |
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Anxious families were comforted by social workers at the nearby Maryhill Central Halls. |
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Even when her young brother died Emily comforted her friend and always kept her looking on the bright side. |
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His joyfully mysterious grin strangely comforted her because it made him appear gentler, less severe. |
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His soft words comforted me and for awhile we just lay there on the tiny futon talking. |
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When my brother was a baby, he cried for the moon and would not be comforted. |
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He breathes in deeply, then starts sobbing and leaves the room to be comforted by his wife and lawyer. |
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We have comforted their family members and will always hold them in our hearts and remember them in our prayers. |
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I am sure, though, she will be comforted by the fact that her late husband touched the lives of so many in such a positive way. |
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Dr David said Annabel's death was an awful tragedy but the family was comforted by the fact she was with God. |
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I know I am real because when you hold me I feel comforted, when you say you care I feel loved. |
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Fraternizers comforted the enemy in time of war in return for privileges at a time when most people were suffering. |
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He is innocent by his ignorance, a simple dullard who can return to his yacht or gated manse comforted by the knowledge that he is not a crook. |
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Here he is seen comforted by stablemates while the cut above his left eye trickles blood from jostling with the crowd. |
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After spending years in art-house theaters to avoid cheesy blockbusters, I was strangely comforted seeing American film culture here. |
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She comforted herself at first with the thought that with the brawling, deafening stream between them, there would be no chance for embarrassing conversation. |
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On the day that The Times reported that Brooks would be questioned by police, she wrote that he had comforted her. |
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In the years since her death in 1991, the Motor City music has comforted me, soothed me, reminded me of the very best elements of my mother and my ten years with her. |
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Then, oddly comforted by his presence, she starts to seek out his company. |
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I backed away from the door, more frightened than comforted. |
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Essentially, it's so that middle class parents can be comforted that their children will be able to get into schools with very low intakes of working class children. |
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She heard her mother begin to weep softly as her father comforted her. |
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She could vaguely smell his cologne, a smell that comforted her. |
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When any centre-left party drifted rightward, it always comforted itself that its core supporters would stay loyal because they have nowhere else to go. |
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A refreshing breeze comforted the golfers but hampered their game. |
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We are more troubled with sickness, than comforted with health and so by the discommodity of sickness, we come to understand the commodity of health. |
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Her hand tightened on mine and her head fell back upon my shoulder, but she still trembled and I petted her and comforted her. |
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Aisleyne was comforted by Glyn as she snivelled on the sofa worrying about her fate. |
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But I have comforted myself with the thought that no one, cither friend or foe, would believe such a transparent lie as his. |
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Charles comforted her by telling her she had indeed given birth to two sons and a daughter. |
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She died from bowel obstruction on October 1842, after a brief agony, comforted by her beloved nephew Branwell. |
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Ruskin turned to spiritualism and was by turns comforted and disturbed by what he believed was his ability to communicate with the dead Rose. |
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We tried to comfort him, but he said it warn't much use, he couldn't be much comforted. |
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Our family was comforted by the outpouring of support from the community. |
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I fall asleep comforted by the psst psst psst of my father's prayers and secure that all will be well with the world. |
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A security guard comforted a 12-year-old girl who wept in line. |
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Yet, as an aging newsie, I was comforted by how much the traditional broadsheet format endures in this futuristic scenario. |
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Scents that comforted us in our childhood etch in our memories and can increase our empathetic response when we smell them again. |
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Even in this state, Knox recalled, his mind remained sharp and he comforted his fellow prisoners with hopes of release. |
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At the memorial, Lyn and Lee's tearful widow Rebecca comforted each other. |
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Before rescuers arrived, Dickens tended and comforted the wounded and the dying with a flask of brandy and a hat refreshed with water, and saved some lives. |
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I was comforted to see that the late Kurt Rothschild in a recent article which examines the EU's experience from 1960 to 2007 adopts a not dissimilar periodisation. |
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Perhaps Saxon was secretly comforted by the conviction that only a preux chevalier would be worthy of Miss Colonna, and that the preux chevalier was certainly not forthcoming. |
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The sombre opening, featuring a funeral procession, was soon replaced by a more uplifting scene as the young Prince Sigfried was comforted and entertained by his friends. |
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Officials say they are comforted by acceptable levels of foam loss during the last two lift-offs, and believe radar can now spot pieces falling from Discovery's tank. |
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