Example Sentences

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Even if we’re intellectually prepared, there’s a risk that years of relative peace has lulled us into a false sense of security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

So much pink has lulled us into the belief that we are up to speed on the disease.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

Credit Aster’s sense for timing in a film that has lulled you into vulnerability by not relying on traditional horror movie jump scares.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2018

This leaves her more vulnerable if she ever decides to change careers, even as the stability of the pension has lulled her into the comfort of automatic payments.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2017

The colonel's voice has lulled us into passive acceptance; now we are jerked into sharper attention by the faintest possible check in it.

From The Lost Kafoozalum by Ashwell, Pauline