Verb
The music lulled him to sleep.
the absence of attacks for such an extended period had lulled the nation into a false sense of security Noun
we took the opportunity of a lull in the conversation to announce that we were engaged to be married
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The mood can lull you into a happy place that felt far away even five minutes ago, after scouring the neighborhood for parking.—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024 Though cows previously had been seen to be susceptible to human flu viruses, and could be experimentally infected with H5 in a lab, the absence of cow involvement until now in H5’s nearly 30-year history lulled scientists into thinking the species was outside the virus’s remit.—Helen Branswell, STAT, 5 Apr. 2024 Edsall has developed a knack for soliciting revealing quotes from his sources, lulling them into a sense of false security only to tease out their most intemperate inner thoughts.—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Apr. 2024 If your goal is to fall asleep more quickly or stay asleep, a machine that offers a range of noise settings could be a great way to explore which sounds work best at lulling you off into dreamland each night.—Kelsey Chapman, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024 Comment: Obviously, the Bears’ substandard performance Thursday night was an attempt to lull Stanford into a false sense of security ahead of the Las Vegas matchup.—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024 Yes, that welcome light and frosty greeting can lull you into a sense of security.—USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024 And the sound of a thunderstorm could lull him to sleep better than anything else.—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024 Overall, a user is gradually and silently lulled into believing that the generative AI is flawless.—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Noun
While there may be an early-evening lull, timing remains low confidence.—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024 In between each car was a calm lull in which calculations and feedback were made.—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2024 Annunciation House had always run on a shoestring budget, and the COVID-19 pandemic made things even harder; volunteer levels dropped, even as border crossings rose, after a brief lull in 2020, to record numbers.—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024 At night, the distant roar of waves barreling down onto the reef lulls the town to sleep.—Daniel Cole, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024 Hurricane Ian broke that lull in 2022, as the Category 4 storm swept through central Florida, causing widespread flooding and coastal damage, becoming one of Florida’s deadliest storms in decades.—Brian Bushard, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 Reddit still isn’t profitable, and its capital goal was small relative to other social media giants, but the site is helping wake up a sluggish IPO market from its two-year lull.—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024 When McBride hit a brief lull, Donte DiVincenzo heated up.—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024 Or, rather, that’s when things return to the early level of wildness after a 40+-minute lull in wildness.—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
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