'measure of consolation' is both correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to express a small amount of comfort that someone can take from a difficult situation. For example: "Although the mistake was costly, I found a measure of consolation in the fact that nobody was hurt."
But this sweet 6 — not a bespoke M creation, it's essentially the same engine used in the 335is and Z4 sDrive 35i — offers a good measure of consolation.
It might also provide a measure of consolation to gloomy, sensitive middle-aged dads who need to sense a kindred soul on the other side of the screen.
Earning a measure of consolation, DeCosta, a junior from Warwick, R.I., was selected as one of four finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the top player in women's college hockey.
It appeared for part of the afternoon that the Englishman Paul Casey was bent on running away with things, thereby getting a small measure of consolation for being left off the European Ryder Cup team by its captain, Colin Montgomerie.
It was a measure of consolation for Burkina, who were denied a place in the final by a penalty shootout defeat by Egypt.
Liverpool can take a measure of consolation from a lively closing phase, but the 24-point gap between themselves and the club they regard as fierce rivals makes painful reading.
Linking these five people--and giving them a measure of consolation--is their participation in the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Our only hope is that justice may one day provide some measure of comfort, support and consolation.
This study aimed to investigate the amount of consolation compensation that road accident perpetrators were willing to pay victims.
To refuse that, to choose compassion and consolation, requires a measure of obstinacy, a muscular and brutish willfulness that is also an authentic kind of grace.
"Of course there was a bit of consolation.
