lullaby
noun
a song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong.
lullabies
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pluralof lullaby.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Few artists can draw from both worlds, but they collided in her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?—pillow-soft vocals and blown-out drums, singer-songwriter lullabies and sonic battering rams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Rolling Stone described “Transatlanticism” in 2003 as “11 indie lullabies … ostensibly about a long distance relationship.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
And she recalled her grandfather singing Irish lullabies.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
They revered silence, considered birds their guardians and sang their babies lullabies: Utalá tapey-’é, uá utalá dioi — sleep little one, the sun has gone to sleep.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
“Of course. Otherwise you can’t make jumpshots. You just lie there and go beddy-bye and little nothing sister Mary Anne will hum lullabies until the hero makes disgusting snoring noises.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
