How to Use comfort food in a Sentence

comfort food

noun
  • Pot roast and fried chicken are my favorite comfort foods.
  • This is not bland comfort food.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Casseroles are the best comfort food.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, the food is comfort food in the best way.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • Austin, what is your comfort food?
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Fall is all about warm, rich, and cozy comfort foods.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Mac and cheese is a comfort food that rarely fails to please.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
  • Like a hug in a bowl, this soup is comfort food at its best.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
  • Stop here for a post-hike beer and comfort food like mac-and-cheese wedges.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This is late-night, on-your-way-home-from-the-bar comfort food.
    — Mara Severin, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Kids' comfort food is not just for the kids anymore.
    — Carissa Chesanek, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • My comfort food is just pasta with any sort of red sauce on it.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Texas and southern comfort food made from scratch.
    — Ella Gonzales may 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026
  • His stepback is still his comfort food.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Kelce shared a carousel of images that showed plates filled with comfort food.
    — Erin Clements, People.com, 6 June 2025
  • Among the comfort foods are brats, tater tots and mac-and-cheese dishes.
    — Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This is pure norteño comfort food—a warm, woolen shawl wrapped around your shoulders.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Shirley likes retro and comfort food recipes that are easy to whip-up when cooking at home.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
  • Chicken and Dumplings is comfort food at its finest.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Packed with protein and healthy fats, this is the best kind of comfort food on a cold day.
    — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The soup is a complete meal and has always been my comfort food.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2022
  • My comfort food is pasta and a huge salad with olive oil and lemon.
    — Ying Chu, Marie Claire, 6 July 2021
  • Cereal has been a comfort food of mine for many decades.
    — Tammy Algood, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Chili is one of those comfort foods that is better the second day.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2019
  • This is Taiwanese comfort food at its best.
    — Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Mac and cheese might be the most comforting of all comfort foods.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
  • For Booker, these trips back are about more than comfort food.
    — Rebecca Shore Winn, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Their intent is to share the comfort food of their childhood.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2021
  • Nothing screams comfort food more than a chicken pot pie.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • What’s your favorite comfort foods?
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 18 Dec. 2025

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