While this sounds comforting, I worry that results are skewed due to these teens knowing that their answers will be reviewed.

Joe made it sound so comforting, so appropriate, so she did it.

"You don't sound very comforting," Xylina said, wryly.

I said this gently to try to sound comforting, to draw him into revealing something useful about himself.

Nanny sounds warm and comforting, like a big hug.

They won't disbar you ...' George did his best to sound comforting.

And closure is always made to sound comforting.

"Take it easy now," said Beef, trying to sound comforting in his rough way.

"These things happen to all of us," my mother added, trying to sound comforting.

"You'll see," he said; he wasn't teasing any more--his voice sounded warm and comforting so that she felt a little ashamed of herself.