I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sing/rock/lull sb to sleep (= make someone sleep by singing etc )
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She was usually able to rock the baby back to sleep quite quickly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sense
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Had she allowed herself to be lulled into a false sense of security?
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We had been lulled into a false sense of security.
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The day went so well, in fact, that we were all completely lulled into a false sense of security.
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Waves of ecstatic and delicate color vibrated around me and lulled me to a sense of peace beyond comprehension.
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The danger now is of being lulled into a false sense of family security.
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He was not misled or lulled into a sense of false security or anything of that kind.
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The rarity of quakes there has lulled people into a sense of security that many say is false.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The soft music lulled me to sleep.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An attempt to lull him into a false sense of security.
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But some people think too much emphasis is being put on duration, lulling investors into a false sense of comfort.
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He had not had his usual nap, so surely the rhythm of the car would lull him?
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I wonder whether I lay waiting, having to do without him and lull myself the whole way to sleep.
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She lulled him to sleep so that she might always find him and caress him as she pleased.
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The mind must try to lull the body into the automatic response that has been instilled during practice.
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The sound of waves is the finest way to be lulled to sleep!
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Waves of ecstatic and delicate color vibrated around me and lulled me to a sense of peace beyond comprehension.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For two days there had been a lull in the fighting.
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I waited for a lull in the conversation, before getting up to go.
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Managers at Metrocentre have reported a lull in the recession, as takings continue to soar.
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There was a lull , and then the thunder came again.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mere lull , she told herself, smiling, in an ongoing battle.
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A second's lull , then such a din!
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Bill Lucas, used the lull to call in artillery fire and F-18 Hornet bomber strikes on suspected enemy positions.
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But I was like a wrecked mariner in the lull between two storms.
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If they were not going to cut Low Meadow there would be a lull in the work of the farm.
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The temporary lull was broken by sudden shouted orders.
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Then came the lull before the storm.
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Two days later there was a lull in the fighting, at least as far as our company was concerned.