Example Sentences

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Recently, when nothing was lulling me to slumber, I finally surrendered to the siren call of celebrity spiritual sage Jay Shetty.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023

"Ah!" cried Fleur-de-Marie, with a heart-rending cry, for this word mother awoke her from the enchanting dream which was lulling her.

From Mysteries of Paris, V3 by Sue, Eugène

But at last the storm was lulling; as the charges are brought personally home to him, the confidence in his own real innocence rises against them.

From Short Studies on Great Subjects by Froude, James Anthony

Neil began to feel rather drowsy himself; the motion was lulling, and now that they had crossed the railroad-track and reached the turnpike along the river, the carriage traveled smoothly.

From Behind the line A story of college life and football by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Had the volume been less, it would have called to mind the crooning of the housewife by her spinning wheel or over the cradle of the infant she was lulling to sleep.

From Footprints in the Forest by Ellis, Edward Sylvester