comfort food
noun
: food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal
Examples of comfort food in a Sentence
Pot roast and fried chicken are my favorite comfort foods.
a restaurant that serves comfort food
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The menu at Ford's Garage includes burgers, salads, sandwiches and comfort foods like macaroni and cheese, meatloaf and barbecue.
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Lucia Cheng, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
There are delicious comfort food options to nibble on for everyone, even those who don't eat meat, and bottles of Riesling, Burgundy, or Rosso di Montalcino from the wine cellar.
—Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
There’s a convenience with having a restaurant that offers comfort food that’s sometimes taken for granted, Evans said.
—Timia Cobb
breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
With no less than 12 events spread out over the course of the Games, cross-country skiing is the winter Olympics equivalent of summer’s swimming or track and field, providing days on end of sporting comfort food.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
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Lucia Cheng, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
There are delicious comfort food options to nibble on for everyone, even those who don't eat meat, and bottles of Riesling, Burgundy, or Rosso di Montalcino from the wine cellar.
—Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
There’s a convenience with having a restaurant that offers comfort food that’s sometimes taken for granted, Evans said.
—Timia Cobb
breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
With no less than 12 events spread out over the course of the Games, cross-country skiing is the winter Olympics equivalent of summer’s swimming or track and field, providing days on end of sporting comfort food.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for comfort food
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“Comfort food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comfort%20food. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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