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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“Today I chase horizons wide. But your lullabies still echo inside.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
The songs are roughly divided into two groups: uptempo party tunes and get-ready-for-bed lullabies; in addition to Legend’s originals, the album has covers of “You Are My Sunshine” and Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
They’re big and dark brown like mine, and they gaze down at me as she sings me lullabies.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
