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Meanings of little comfort in English

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Usage of little comfort in English
1
Only its title detains us with hope: little comfort, but perhaps enough.
The Guardian
2
There was little comfort for us in that vivid and terrible picture.
The Story Girl
3
Telco people found little comfort in objectivity when they contemplated these possibilities.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
4
Even now they got little comfort from the shattered tenements of Louisbourg.
A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II
5
The boys had a long talk, but it brought them little comfort.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
6
It was some little comfort to her, when the book was written.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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There was a little comfort for her the minute she went downstairs.
Olive: A Novel
8
And so I got but little comfort out of Patty that time.
Richard Carvel — Volume 02
9
Her return to her old home brought with it but little comfort.
Orley Farm
10
But she took little comfort from it and soon discontinued the habit.
Depraved
11
What he said to himself would have been little comfort to her.
Rung Ho! A Novel
12
Tim's letters, though, when they arrived, brought me little comfort that semester.
Letter to my daughter: a novel
13
Despite their commander's cheery remarks there was little comfort in his words.
The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
14
But though he spoke boldly, he had little comfort from his thoughts.
The Broken Road
15
So take a little comfort, my old friend, and fare onwards hopefully.
The Altar Fire
16
From Margherita's aunt he got but little comfort or hope of assistance.
The Net
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