to lull

Examples

• All

• The bus rocks more gently than the train, trying to lull me, but I sit straight, on alert.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And at the same time it lulls you into sleep.

• Down there, everything is so still and silent that it lulls me to sleep.

  Fiction book (1993)

• We looked straight ahead and sat very still for a long time, lulled by his warmth.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Towards morning, the wind lulled, and the sea went down; but the insects continued nonetheless.

  Academic text (1992)

• As I thought about it and the sound of the car lulled me, I dozed off.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The softness of the empty night air and the exhaustion of a full day lull me to sleep.

  Fiction book (1993)

• As time passed, her eyes drooped, and the music of the marsh lulled her.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The rising and falling melody, punctuated with minor notes, lulled us into a kind of meditation.

  Academic text (2000)

• The night sounds, the insects, frogs, and owls faded into her ears, lulling her to sleep.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

C

to calm down

vsto lull

• Informal

594 1.4

To become less angry, excited, or upset

is a general short drop in intensity that applies beyond feelings

Q

to quiesce

vsto lull

9.9

To become quiet and less active, like a storm or room

is a short temporary reduction in activity rather than settling into rest

Antonyms

I

to increase

∞ 1.0

To make something larger or more in number

I

to intensify

110 4.0

Make something stronger or more intense

How Calming

to soothe

63 3.4

to calm

962 1.0

to lull

8 4.3

to ease

305 2.1

to subside

47 4.8

to let up

54 3.8

Surface Forms

Etymology