How to Use consolation prize in a Sentence

consolation prize

noun
  • The gold medal seems like much more than a consolation prize.
    — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • That sounds like a good consolation prize for the Canes.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Both dogs shake their heads and trot back to me, hoping for a consolation prize.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2016
  • Now this is at least something, at least a consolation prize.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • For one thing, that consolation prize may, in fact, be worthless.
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 28 May 2018
  • Well, there is one consolation prize.
    — Sam McDowell December 21, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Sky could end up the consolation prize in the battle for Fox.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • But there are a couple of small consolation prizes in the works for consumers.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • This vegan ice cream base is smooth and creamy and more than a dairy-free consolation prize.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 9 July 2019
  • Not a bad consolation prize, though, to end up with arguably the best player in the draft.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • That wouldn't be ideal, but Smith is far from a consolation prize.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 4 Jan. 2018
  • That’s one of the great hack consolation prizes at UMass.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Storrie’s was a voice memo recording played for the crowd, a consolation prize.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The odd man out might be the front-runner somewhere else, so that’s not the worst consolation prize.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Barnes would be a terrific consolation prize for any team that slides out of the top 5.
    — Matt Goul, cleveland, 24 June 2021
  • So, there’s not going to be any consolation prize for anybody.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • And yet any resilience, in the context of mass death, feels like a paltry consolation prize.
    — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
  • Well, in the old days, the EFAs would be the consolation prize.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
  • For teams that miss out on the upper-tier options, White could be a great consolation prize.
    — Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • At least Marquard got a consolation prize wristwatch out of the deal, right?
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2018
  • As a consolation prize, the band released a few songs from V as a farewell live album and that was it.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, refinery29.com, 5 June 2019
  • There are no acceptable consolation prizes when a team loses the way the Bears did.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In the end, Bam Adebayo had to settle for a consolation prize.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2022
  • And now, the National Gallery has even gone back on the consolation prize.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Who knows if Butler will end up on the move, but there is a nice consolation prize waiting to find out where his next home might be.
    — Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Justin Faulk as a Parayko consolation prize is OK, too.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • These aren't consolation prizes.
    — Harold Bell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The consolation prize is his first trip to the Tour Championship.
    — Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Buyers will get a small consolation prize a $50 credit off of the list price of the vehicle.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The underrated Suárez is much more than a consolation prize or hasty pivot, though.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026

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