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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 Howells, William Dean

Slowly, lullingly, the dueling machine's imaginary yet very real mists enveloped Leoh.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

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 Howells, William Dean