crumb of comfort

These nine children were allowed no crumbs of comfort whatsoever.

A crumb of comfort occurred to him, and he passed it on.

Why, a man didn't know where to turn himself for a crumb of comfort.

Nonetheless, it is a crumb of comfort - although we need a great deal more!

But beyond those modest crumbs of comfort there is disagreement.

It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.

She switched on the headlights, the beam giving her a crumb of comfort, and thought hard.

Yet he found one little crumb of comfort.

The solitary crumb of comfort, if it's that, is they were only cigarettes."

There is one crumb of comfort for him.

You'll give anything for that crumb of comfort.

It was a crumb of comfort, at least.

Manufacturing, Osborne's last crumb of comfort is turning bad.

I searched round for a crumb of comfort.

There were however two crumbs of comfort.

A very small crumb of comfort, however.

Elsewhere, there were some crumbs of comfort.

If there is a crumb of comfort for his readers, it is this: Americans are not a uniquely evil people.

'You're no worse than the rest,' says my instructor, offering one small crumb of comfort.

"Well, I can offer you one crumb of comfort," said Silo with a pleased smile.

Her only crumb of comfort was that she was at last beginning to understand what motivated the man she loved.

"Yes," Clavain said, sounding like a man grasping for the last crumb of comfort.

'Or take the Sophie,' cried the master, anxious to bring his crumb of comfort.

There was only one crumb of comfort; she was very glad that she had not said anything about it to Connor.