: a prize given to a runner-up or a loser in a contest
Examples of consolation prize in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebSunday’s win meant Stanford wound up being the last Pac-12 softball team to play a game – a consolation prize that won’t soon soothe the pain from Monday night’s loss.—Tim Willert, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024 But if that is absent, your rivals’ failure is a perfectly acceptable consolation prize.—Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 May 2024 Today’s challenges would be familiar to the reformers who fought for the Child Labor Amendment a century ago and lost, and who accepted the FLSA as a consolation prize.—TIME, 13 May 2024 But that was the consolation prize for 400 lucky fans who may not have been invited to the Met Ball on Monday night but certainly had a more satisfying feast for the ears.—Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for consolation prize
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