My father is a cardiologist, and in the early days of his on-going career, the care of myocardial infarction constituted little more than token drugs for comfort, tincture of time, and hand-holding.
"But by the same token, there is considerable comfort in having certainty.
Anointing is a ceremonial blessing, regarded as a tool to assist with health and comfort, a token of honor and a symbol of consecration.
Saving on gasoline meant choosing narrower, shorter and less powerful vehicles, whether it was a compact pickup truck or a little sedan with a token back seat and minimal creature comforts.
No amount of percocets could match the divine comfort I found in that simple token of true love.
The token pasta — penne with tomato, garlic and basil — was comfort food; the duck confit, from the main dish category, was succulent and satisfying.
"Can't hide behind the manager" … "token performance" … "have to get out of our comfort zone" … "lack of emotion" … "14 titles … but that's not the real world"… Yes, it was time for another Matthias Sammer rant on Saturday.
The token £250 to those earning less than £21,000 is small comfort to families struggling with high inflation and a decline in their standards of living.
Admittedly, those in a position to measure his full capacity proved wary of doing so, and the fact that he never left British soil became a legitimate token of their reluctance to take him out of a comfort zone.
By the same token he had no qualms about altering a contemporary prototype for greater comfort, as when he replaced the perforated-metal seat and back of a Donald Deskey chair with tufted upholstery.
The tokens of Christina's life still fill their home, but now they bring no comfort, only pain.
