lull
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4.6
- noun
- /lʌl/
- There was a brief lull in the storm, allowing us to assess the damage outside.
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Watch on YouTubeMacy's says there was a lull of sales outside of holiday weekends.
- Macy's says there was a lull of sales outside of holiday weekends.
- And there was a lull in the conversation.
- And they're like, wait for the lull and fire.
- And then I found there's this, there's this lull.
- And then even during the times that he was active, there were lulls.
- I've kind of hit a hit a lull.
- Sparks, did you prepare yourself with some questions in case there's some awkward lulls?
- We get a hit with our mortar, dude runs out of it and there's a lull.
- Now, High Command was often wary of this inaction and would analyze casualty lists to see if such a lull had taken hold of certain areas.
- Is there kind of a lull or a breakup feeling or a void when your assignment is over and covering somebody like this?
- When we compare these lulls in home construction to household formation statistics in the United States, you can really see the scale of the problem.
- And if I did it in the mood of I'm the center when I got off stage, there would be a lull.
- And on a brief leave, you know, during a lull in the fighting, finds himself in a small museum in a Germantown that he helped clear out.
Examples
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What if there's a lull in the conversation?
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Fortunately, we've had a little bit of a lull before the surge.
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And there was a lull in the conversation.
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Well, not long enough, because you gave me just that little lull to jump in.
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Not much traffic: at the college, it was the lull before the summer term began.
Fiction book (1999) -
Now, there was a lull in the conversation, and Emma jumped in.
Fiction book (1996) -
We'd had a few beers, and there was a lull in the conversation.
Fiction book (1994) -
We've seen lulls like this in activity before.
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A short lull in the fighting follows, which Sinclair uses to pull in his perimeter and form a tighter defense.
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During a momentary lull, the flat hum of a carrier wave filled my head.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
A short stop in speaking or activity
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6.3
A pause in an activity or series that is usually temporary
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3.4
A short rest to recover energy
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5.5
A short pause when something becomes less strong or active, for example rain
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Etymology
Lull comes from an old word meaning 'to soothe' and is related to lullaby, a soft song that quiets babies; imagine a gentle sound that makes noise die away. So a lull is a short calm or pause in activity.