Yet she does appear to derive comfort from the priests' wisdom.

He derived little comfort from the fact that he couldn't see it anymore.

"I derive such comfort from the wearing down of surfaces," she said.

That's common - many patients who get the barbiturates do not in fact use them, but derive comfort from having the choice.

But Norman derived comfort from the fact that they were armed.

She would be back again in two weeks' time for her days off but at the moment she derived little comfort from that.

They held each other close, deriving comfort from one another, being sisters in a time of crisis.

Sometimes they seemed to derive comfort from each other, or to lean very close.

For that reason, he added, the public "should derive great comfort" in the decision.

Would she be on the phone to family or friends, sharing grief, deriving comfort?