Example Sentences

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It has been away, perhaps, in happy scenes, or it has been lulling itself in deep repose, and then suddenly it is called to lift again the heavy burden of its daily life.

From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

"And so Santa Anna has been lulling us with promises, while sending an army to destroy us."

From The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)