comforting

He gave his mother a comforting squeeze as he left.

She found his voice strangely comforting .

the rhetoric and mythos of science create the comforting image of linear progression toward truth.

He just wants a comforting kiss and a cuddle and he’ll be all right.

It was a comforting thought that at least her father hadn’t suffered.

His comforting words helped to sustain me in my faith during those dark days.

Swaddling Soothes Newborns and Reduces Symptoms of Colic by recreating the familiar, comforting snugness of the womb.