lullabies
- plural of lullaby.
Example Sentences
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Forever spouting hilariously wrong theories about the Traitors, I started to feel bad for him when his teammates made fun of him as he sang backwards lullabies played by creepy dolls.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
And while Anglo-American lullabies are typically written in major keys, Gershwin chose a minor one—evoking the depth and dignity of such African-American spirituals as “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Instead, the group work through a mix of lullabies, folk and gospel, switching from Spanish to Congolese to Swahili in rounds of four-part harmonies.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
As children, we were sung lullabies, read bedtime stories.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2024
“Puerto Rico lullabies me to sleep,” one of the freshmen, whose name is Maria, says first.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
