lull
verb (used with object)
to put to sleep or rest by soothing means.
lullingly
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a word derived from
lull.
Example Sentences
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In “The Upside Down Hat,” a lullingly spare story by Stephen Barr with exquisite, Bemelmans-like illustrations by Gracey Zhang, a hat becomes a little boy’s entire support system.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
The first visit to Yorktown is pacific, even lullingly placid; the swoops and loops of its gravity curves play mostly for fun, and Captain Kirk, mission-weary, applies for a desk job there.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 25, 2016
The day was one of autumnal warmth; the haze of Indian summer blued the still air, and the wind that now and then stirred the stiff panoply of the trees was lullingly soft.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells
He heard a dog barking; a cow lowed; from a stable somewhere the soft thumping of the horses' feet came at intervals lullingly.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells
The air was thinner and cooler, but never damp, and at times it relented and blew lullingly in at our window.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by William Dean Howells
