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To provide comfort or assuagement to
“If you begin to lull her anxieties by honeyed words, you are lost, and she will not believe you.”
To calm, relax or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements
“It is a life that can lull anyone into a peaceful sloth, deterring the person from doing anything at all.”
To diminish in intensity or severity
“Is that what Jake had used to lull his anger and bolster his courage?”
To make (someone) feel deceptively secure or confident
“If you have any smarts at all, you'll know which ones to lull into complacency, which to turn into dangerous fanatics.”
To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive
To sing or hum, especially in a soft, low voice
Plural for a temporary break in an activity or event
“During a natural lull in the meeting, the host can answer those questions at their convenience.”
Plural for a temporary interval of calm, quiet, or lack of activity
“There was a brief lull before the thunder rumbled again, growling out its warning.”
Plural for the quality or state of being noiseless
Plural for freedom from civil unrest
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