lull into

Idioms  

1. Deceive into trustfulness, as in The steadily rising market lulled investors into a false sense of security. The earliest recorded version of this term referred to wine: “Fitter indeed to bring and lull men asleep in the bed of security” (Philemon Holland, Pliny's Historie of the World, 1601. Today it still often appears with the phrase a false sense of security.

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Example Sentences

A good many people, moreover, were trying hard to extend the lull into a permanent ceasefire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blessed are the young whom I clasp to my breast, and lull into the sleep which the storm cannot break, nor the morrow arouse to sorrow or to toil.

From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The sunshine, the budding trees, the journey with its pleasant companionship, and, above all, her own youth, had served to lull into forgetfulness, for the time being, the purpose of the journey.

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Madison, Lucy Foster

The profound calm, the warm atmosphere, the slow pitching of the yacht, and the dull creaking of the spars all combined to lull into a state of indolent repose the people on board.

From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by De Mille, James

Mr. Norman Angell's theory was one to enable the citizens of this country to sleep quietly, and to lull into false security the citizens of all great countries.

From Peace Theories and the Balkan War by Angell, Norman