Verb (used with object) : to lull a child by singing. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : furious activity that finally lulled. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a lull in a storm. ,the lull of falling waters. ,The drug had put him in a lull. From Dictionary.com.
"I think Michigan, the last three games they kind of lulled us to sleep," Thomas said. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
A half hour's nap followed the luncheon, the party being "lulled" to sleep by Washington's harmonica. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
The rain lulled Max to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Shopping for Stuff We Don’t Need] Reference
"They kind of lulled us to sleep in the neutral zone and just trapped us to death all night.". From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com]
I do not believe, as some commentators claim, that the Americans who voted for Obama were "lulled" by his emotionalist oratory. From Wordnik.com. [Infidel Bloggers Alliance] Reference
It is essential that we not to be lulled into complacency. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Chasis: Oil in the Gulf: Half the Spill Remains With Unknown Impacts and Damages] Reference
Soon all were sound asleep, lulled by the murmur of the surf. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
That lulled to rest the troubled soul, like those of long ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
She falls asleep, lulled finally by the blind hissing of the storm. From Wordnik.com. [The Impulse of Breathing] Reference
Looking back I wonder if I was lulled into a false sense of security. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Quivers: Secret Ingredients] Reference
I was waiting the fulness of time, lulled with the fulness of content. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
And dreamed of worlds beyond the lulled and huddled town of Pontrhydyfen. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Byrne: A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Shoenberg] Reference
But his ears were lulled by the gentle chiming sound that filled the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan] Reference
Thus the storm, which had momentarily lulled, broke out with fresh vigour. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
ABC's still trying to rouse viewers lulled to sleep by ex-anchor Boomer Esiason. From Wordnik.com. [The Kick Is Good, And I ... Am ... Outta Here!] Reference
At the checkpoint the Serbs must have been lulled by his mild and phlegmatic manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Musketeers] Reference
The rise in the stock market has lulled some people into believing the crisis has abated. From Wordnik.com. [Reining in, and Reigning Over, Wall Street] Reference
After that the silence, broken only by the wind as it roared and lulled, seemed beautiful to Slone. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Here are some of the ways we get lulled into thinking we are getting a good deal when we may not be. From Wordnik.com. [Learning to Discount All Those Juicy Discount Offers] Reference
Soon, lulled by the motion of the carriage, the stream of reminiscence ran more slowly -- then ran dry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His music lulled, soothed and relieved with gentle rhythms played on tom-toms, bongos, kotos and boobams. From Wordnik.com. [Sounds Of Schmaltz] Reference
She scans the text, clicks them closed again, slowly being lulled by the mundane exchanges of office life. From Wordnik.com. [Suspicion] Reference
The sense of security came to the assistance of his wearied limbs, and lulled him into profounder slumbers. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Don't be lulled into believing this offer is for a magic credit card that does something no other card can do. From Wordnik.com. [Beverly Blair Harzog: 8 Most Deceptive Terms Used in Credit Card Offers] Reference
You can be almost lulled into forgetting that there's enormous fury thats within him and thats whats driving him. From Wordnik.com. [Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda] Reference
The chicha and the potion had lulled him to a kind of sleep and his body slumped over the llama that carried him. From Wordnik.com. [Juanita] Reference
A good sound system helps, too, since kids can be lulled by music or can spend hours listening to a recorded book. From Wordnik.com. [Family-friendly car shopping tips] Reference
The idle pace of clamming, the waterscape around me, the sweet simplicity of the task, have lulled me, set me straight. From Wordnik.com. [Corinne Demas: An Author's Adventures In Clamming] Reference
The snake stretched anew and returned to his fantasy, the comforts of which lulled him to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Lonely Snake] Reference
But don't be lulled into repose by this charming piece because the other cuts on this recording range from hard-pumping punk. From Wordnik.com. [Lightspeed Champion: 'Life Is Sweet,' And Sundry] Reference
In 1984 a solution was devised for the problem of teenage auto accidents that lulled many parents into a false sense of security. From Wordnik.com. [Driving to The Funeral] Reference
"We're lulled into thinking it's too ridiculous to pass," says Judith Lichtman with the National Partnership for Women & Families. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Just the Beginning] Reference
The minister spoke in slow, measured tones that lulled the audience while at the same time his words were calling them to repentance. From Wordnik.com. [Instrument] Reference
She closed her eyes indolently, and presently, lulled by the drowsy rhythm of the waves breaking at the foot of the cliff, she fell asleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
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