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How to pronounce lull in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms letup
Type of break, interruption, pause, intermission, suspension
Type Words
Synonyms calm, calm down, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
Type of soothe, comfort, solace, console
Has types appease, assuage, compose, reassure, conciliate, assure, lenify, gentle, gruntle, mollify, pacify, placate
Type Words
Synonyms quiet
Type of calmness


there was a lull in the storm.
Type Words
Synonyms calm down
Type of shut up, hush up, hush, still, silence, quieten


the fighting lulled for a moment.
Type Words
Type of tranquillize, calm, calm down, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise


Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security.

Examples of lull

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Dieruf said he hasn't let the primary results lull him into a sense of security.
From the courier-journal.com
Fuel economy was no longer a marketing scam to lull federal regulators to sleep.
From the washingtonpost.com
Instead, it entered an unexpectedly long lull in activity with few new sunspots.
From the newscientist.com
Before Wednesday's brief lull, Israel said it struck 40 Hamas targets overnight.
From the fresnobee.com
Capers'teams tried to lull teams to sleep, playing not to lose more than to win.
From the chron.com
They emerge, as Babayan did recently, only when there is a lull in the shelling.
From the time.com
Even so, retailers'troubles are more deep-seated than a mere pre-Christmas lull.
From the economist.com
Between dinner and an awards ceremony, there was a lull in the hotel's ballroom.
From the forbes.com
Nashville has seized upon this unwanted lull by tightening those community ties.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
  • Letup: a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
  • A period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
  • Become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
  • Calm: make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
  • Lull is a dark ambient side-project of Mick Harris. Lull was conceived in late '91 by former Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris (who also created the ambient dub outfit Scorn) in an attempt to create music that would stretch, if not forsake entirely, the structures of conventional music by ...
  • Lull is an EP released in 1991 by The Smashing Pumpkins.
  • "Lull" is a song by Chicago-based singer, violinist and professional whistler Andrew Bird. It can be found on the Weather Systems album, released 2003, as its 3rd track, 5min09s.
  • A period of rest or soothing; a period without waves or wind; An extended pause between sets of waves; To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet; of the surface of the sea, to not move due to a lack of wind and waves