And, as so often and so mysteriously occurs in psychiatry, having someone else there who "gets it" was deeply comforting to the patient.

It had been deeply comforting to know that someone existed who would listen to him, no matter the time or circumstances.

In an uncertain age the Hearst Tower is deeply comforting: a building with confidence in its own values.

It was the closest that O'Brien had ever felt to anyone, and he found the sensation deeply comforting and reassuring.

It was deeply comforting to have that calm figure standing guard.

In the distance the mountains made a jagged line against the sky like a wall against the world - deeply comforting and immensely reassuring.

She found his admiration and his adoration flattering and deeply comforting.

For him, God had always manifested Himself as an enveloping, deeply comforting darkness.

The feeling of her presence was deeply comforting.

Windschuttle argues that Read's "version of events was deeply comforting".