source of comfort

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandcomfort

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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comfort
noun
uk
/ˈkʌm.fət/us
/ˈkʌm.fɚt/
a pleasant feeling of being relaxed and free ...
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(Definition ofsourceandcomfortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The well-to-do smokers will not suffer much, but poor pensioners for whom tobacco is perhaps their onlysourceofcomfortwill suffer.
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It is asourceofcomfortto parents that they are prepared to do that.
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The fact that nobody drew anything from my answer is asourceofcomfortto me.
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A wife and children are normally asourceofcomfortand ratification to a taxpayer, yet.
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As well as being a force for good internationally, we are a vitalsourceofcomfortand security at home.
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They have been an amazingsourceofcomfortand strength.
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Knowing that he is sitting behind me is always a greatsourceofcomfortto me.
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It is a greatsourceofcomfortto me and to the police.
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She is often seen as asourceofcomfort, and presents cryptic warnings and messages to cats notifying them of future events.
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She is devastated by her sons death and turns to alcohol as asourceofcomfort.
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They built temples for worship, and also for holding the community together as asourceofcomfortin a foreign land.
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For some, their faith may be asourceofcomfortin the wake of tragedy.
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The only thing she can find solace is with her virtual friend, who seems to be her onlysourceofcomfort.
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Successive experiments concluded that infants used the surrogate as a base for exploration and asourceofcomfortand protection in novel and even frightening situations.
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Villeret turned to alcohol as asourceofcomfort, and it subsequently became a problem, one which he sought to resolve by isolating himself and hiding away for long periods.
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Reading and writing were the only sources of comfort in a life of isolation and depression.
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