lull
to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
to soothe or quiet.
to give or lead to feel a false sense of safety; cause to be less alert, aware, or watchful.
to quiet down, let up, or subside: furious activity that finally lulled.
a temporary calm, quiet, or stillness: a lull in a storm.
a soothing sound: the lull of falling waters.
a pacified or stupefied condition: The drug had put him in a lull.
Origin of lull
1Other words from lull
- luller, noun
- lull·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby lull
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How to use lull in a sentence
After something of a lull this evening, with at least patchy fog and drizzle possible during that time, we may see precipitation break out again late at night.
PM Update: Some more rain likely tonight into early Friday, then clearing | Ian Livingston | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostAfter a lull this weekend, there are likely to be a lot of polls the rest of the way out.
8 Tips To Stay Sane In The Final 15 Days Of The Campaign | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 18, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAfter a bit of a lull in the spring, Encore and other debt buyers are back at it, filing suits by the thousands every week, according to ProPublica’s analysis of state court filings.
Debt Collectors Have Made a Fortune This Year. Now They’re Coming for More. | by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen | October 5, 2020 | ProPublicaAmazon, in essence, created a new shopping holiday to get through the lull.
Amazon finally released the dates of 2020 Prime Day | Billy Cadden | September 28, 2020 | Popular-ScienceFor instance, Louisiana saw a large spike in infections, followed by a lull and then a second spike.
Population immunity is slowing down the pandemic in parts of the US | David Rotman | August 11, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
For now, even the tragedy that left many local people in shock and heartbroken has not brought on a lull in the fighting.
In the Killing Fields of Ukraine with Children Who Saw the MH17 Horror | Anna Nemtsova | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut during that lull period, were you concerned that Disney was losing its mojo?
The ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Also Wrote ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ | Kevin Fallon | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“All right,” the Colonel would say whenever there was a lull.
The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win | W.C. Heinz | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince then, there has been a lull in the fitness game genre.
And then, not long after all that, would come the same lull and an impasse of detachment.
I've Written 51 Obituaries for Gun Victims in 18 Months | Nina Strochlic | September 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
In a lull of the raging earth the distant whistle of the train could be distinctly heard.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardHer fancy selected them, and she was glad when a lull in the music gave them an opportunity to meet her and talk with her.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinLightning from the east and west accompanied the rain, but the wind was steady, and did not freshen or lull during the showers.
Taking advantage of the lull, he went over to the door and peered out into the Operations Room.
We're Friends, Now | Henry Hasse
British Dictionary definitions for lull
/ (lʌl) /
to soothe (a person or animal) by soft sounds or motions (esp in the phrase lull to sleep)
to calm (someone or someone's fears, suspicions, etc), esp by deception
a short period of calm or diminished activity
Origin of lull
1Derived forms of lull
- lulling, adjective
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