lull
verb (used with object)
to put to sleep or rest by soothing means.
were lulling
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past progressiveof lull.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Once, when Newhart and Guest Bobby Morse were lulling the audience to sleep with reminiscences, McMahon piped: "Gee, have you two ever thought about putting a book of these stories out?"
From Time Magazine Archive
His apprehensions on the score of certain hints which Devine had from time to time let fall, were lulling.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
Her suspicions were lulling as in a smalling circle she neared the tempting feast from the windward side.
From Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton
The food, the heat, were lulling her weary senses into oblivion again.
From The Man Thou Gavest by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
In it Washington struck especially at the two delusions with which the people and their representatives were lulling themselves into security, and by which they were led to relax their efforts.
From George Washington, Volume I by Henry Cabot Lodge
