| Tomaschek, the tall, rangy Slovakian international captain, at least had the consolation of being in the side more likely to create a goal. |
| It's scant consolation but the old adage there is always someone else worse off than yourself can help banish the blues. |
| But in truth, how much consolation can webbed feet and waterproof hair be when the skies are continually grey and the pavements forever puddled? |
| And deathbed rituals and religious consolations softened even the sting of death. |
| The Plague offers a salutary counterweight to such utopian longings and millenarian consolations. |
| One of the consolations of getting older is that you become less interested in yourself. |
