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Synonyms for lulling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : luhl
Phonetic Transcription : lÊŒl

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Définition of lulling

Origin :
  • early 14c., lullen "hush to sleep," probably imitative of lu-lu sound used to lull a child to sleep (cf. Swedish lulla "to hum a lullaby," German lullen "to rock," Sanskrit lolati "moves to and fro," Middle Dutch lollen "to mutter"). Figurative use from 1570s. Related: Lulled; lulling.
  • verb calm, ease off
Example sentences :
  • The lulling hymns were like the very vertigo that bore them away.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • She led him back to bed, soothing him like a child, lulling him with a fib.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • The distant lawns were lulling to sleep the breezes that kissed them.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Pedro Montero had a talent for lulling his adversaries into a sense of security.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • And I fancy that you will not believe, either, that the sea is lulling now.
  • Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough
  • Only by overcoming the latter, and lulling it to sleep, can he recover the eternal.
  • Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner
  • She was lulling her to sleep, and held up her finger to me enjoining silence.
  • Extract from : « Allan's Wife » by H. Rider Haggard
  • You may be lulling yourselves to sleep with delusive opiates.
  • Extract from : « Memories of Bethany » by John Ross Macduff
  • The lulling of the wind gave the waves a chance to gather force and height.
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster
  • Just as she was lulling herself into a doze, that question seized and roused her.
  • Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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