Lull
noun
A quiet, calm period.
After the storm, there was a brief lull before the wind picked up again.
Often appears as...
- a brief lull
- a momentary lull
verb
To make someone relaxed or calm.
He managed to lull the baby to sleep.
Often appears as...
- lull someone to sleep
- lull into a sense of security
noun
A brief period of activity reduction.
There was a lull in the fighting.
Often appears as...
- a lull in the fighting
- a lull in activity
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make somebody less wary or cautious.
The quiet of the forest lulled me into a false sense of security.
Often appears as...
- lull into a false sense of security
- lull into complacency
noun
A quiet, calm period.
After the storm, there was a brief lull before the wind picked up again.
Often appears as...
- a brief lull
- a momentary lull
verb
To make someone relaxed or calm.
He managed to lull the baby to sleep.
Often appears as...
- lull someone to sleep
- lull into a sense of security
noun
A brief period of activity reduction.
There was a lull in the fighting.
Often appears as...
- a lull in the fighting
- a lull in activity
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make somebody less wary or cautious.
The quiet of the forest lulled me into a false sense of security.
Often appears as...
- lull into a false sense of security
- lull into complacency
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Calm
Even in hectic situations, 'lull' implies a short, peaceful break before chaos returns.
During the hectic day, employees enjoy the lull before the lunch rush.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
A lull doesn't always mean something good; it can imply a concerning silence or inactivity.
The soldiers felt uneasy during the lull, suspecting an ambush.
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Calm
Even in hectic situations, 'lull' implies a short, peaceful break before chaos returns.
During the hectic day, employees enjoy the lull before the lunch rush.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
A lull doesn't always mean something good; it can imply a concerning silence or inactivity.
The soldiers felt uneasy during the lull, suspecting an ambush.
Pro Tip 1/2Temporary Calm
Even in hectic situations, 'lull' implies a short, peaceful break before chaos returns.
During the hectic day, employees enjoy the lull before the lunch rush.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
A lull doesn't always mean something good; it can imply a concerning silence or inactivity.
The soldiers felt uneasy during the lull, suspecting an ambush.
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Video examples
Hacking the Future of...
get to you sometimes there's a lot of energy sometimes there's a real lull sometimes there's a lot of thinking sometimes there's a lot of doing the later it gets and the closer we get to deadlines the more energy there will be in the room just a touch of panic we wanted to avoid that we want to see what could we do that could be helpful for NGOs if you
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Ash Beckham: When to...
But the things that bonded us were when she asked about my girlfriend, or she shared pictures that she had from her family back home. Those were the things that brought us together. So one day, we were in the back, scarfing down food as quickly as we could, gathered around a small table, during a very rare lull,
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
to look outside yourself and think critically, fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction,
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Interview: Paul Sereno PIPE...
we've lulled ourselves into into complacency in the years since that time and and what's really really is now is is our changing world and we've got to have the engineers and the scientists in the generation to come if we are actually going to survive as a species
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Aja Monet and phillip...
and how artists illuminate our interior worlds. There were many days I did not want to get up out of bed and face the exterior world. I was discouraged. There was so much loss and death and artists were being used to numb, lull and exploit.
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A playful exploration of...
They simply stopped talking. Silence. A lull hit the class, and time seemed to be sucked clean out of the room. And in this moment of loud stillness, one of the women, still using her frat bro voice though fully out of character,
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The pleasure of poetic...
and of words. With so many uses, repetition is one of the poet's most malleable and reliable tools. It can lift or lull the listener, amplify or diminish the line, unify or diversify ideas. In fact, even rhythm itself,
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A Sex Therapist's Secret...
from the chaotic world outside of our bedroom, and they lead us and they lull us into our sexual bodies so that we can tune in and turn on. Our fantasies are our friends. You don't fear them. You follow them.
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The psychological traits...
but these distinct approaches continue to enrich my life every day. Instead of our political and media context determining that the other side is the enemy and lulling us into believing that that's true,
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Ducks Diving for Mussels...
these can only be reached during a brief lull in the currents the ducts must quickly prise the mussels free before the tide starts to turn
Video examples
Hacking the Future of...
get to you sometimes there's a lot of energy sometimes there's a real lull sometimes there's a lot of thinking sometimes there's a lot of doing the later it gets and the closer we get to deadlines the more energy there will be in the room just a touch of panic we wanted to avoid that we want to see what could we do that could be helpful for NGOs if you
Video examples
Ash Beckham: When to...
But the things that bonded us were when she asked about my girlfriend, or she shared pictures that she had from her family back home. Those were the things that brought us together. So one day, we were in the back, scarfing down food as quickly as we could, gathered around a small table, during a very rare lull,
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
to look outside yourself and think critically, fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction,
Video examples
Interview: Paul Sereno PIPE...
we've lulled ourselves into into complacency in the years since that time and and what's really really is now is is our changing world and we've got to have the engineers and the scientists in the generation to come if we are actually going to survive as a species
Video examples
Aja Monet and phillip...
and how artists illuminate our interior worlds. There were many days I did not want to get up out of bed and face the exterior world. I was discouraged. There was so much loss and death and artists were being used to numb, lull and exploit.
Video examples
A playful exploration of...
They simply stopped talking. Silence. A lull hit the class, and time seemed to be sucked clean out of the room. And in this moment of loud stillness, one of the women, still using her frat bro voice though fully out of character,
Video examples
The pleasure of poetic...
and of words. With so many uses, repetition is one of the poet's most malleable and reliable tools. It can lift or lull the listener, amplify or diminish the line, unify or diversify ideas. In fact, even rhythm itself,
Video examples
A Sex Therapist's Secret...
from the chaotic world outside of our bedroom, and they lead us and they lull us into our sexual bodies so that we can tune in and turn on. Our fantasies are our friends. You don't fear them. You follow them.
Video examples
The psychological traits...
but these distinct approaches continue to enrich my life every day. Instead of our political and media context determining that the other side is the enemy and lulling us into believing that that's true,
Video examples
Ducks Diving for Mussels...
these can only be reached during a brief lull in the currents the ducts must quickly prise the mussels free before the tide starts to turn
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jason Isbell
American Musician
I didn't know what to expect when we first started touring behind 'Southeastern' because you don't want to lull anybody to sleep or lose their attention. But it's really been incredible how the crowds seem to be just as excited for the slow, sad songs as they are for the old rockers.
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Jason Sehorn
We all have faults in life. Mine is that I sometimes rely on my athletic ability a little too much. When I'm having success and things are going good, that's the lull that I fall into. It's my worst enemy.
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Georges Bernanos
French Author
What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
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Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
As the law catches up and the battle between corporate profits and social good plays out, we need to be careful not to be lulled into a false sense of privacy.
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Alexander Pope
English Poet
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
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FKA twigs
British Musician
I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
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Dolores O'Riordan
Irish Musician
I love to go home to my kids. I don't have that lull in my life when I didn't have them.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
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Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
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Alan Gerry
American Businessman
Don't be lulled into complacency.
Quote examples
Jason Isbell
American Musician
I didn't know what to expect when we first started touring behind 'Southeastern' because you don't want to lull anybody to sleep or lose their attention. But it's really been incredible how the crowds seem to be just as excited for the slow, sad songs as they are for the old rockers.
Quote examples
Jason Sehorn
We all have faults in life. Mine is that I sometimes rely on my athletic ability a little too much. When I'm having success and things are going good, that's the lull that I fall into. It's my worst enemy.
Quote examples
Georges Bernanos
French Author
What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
Quote examples
Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
As the law catches up and the battle between corporate profits and social good plays out, we need to be careful not to be lulled into a false sense of privacy.
Quote examples
Alexander Pope
English Poet
Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!
Quote examples
FKA twigs
British Musician
I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
Quote examples
Dolores O'Riordan
Irish Musician
I love to go home to my kids. I don't have that lull in my life when I didn't have them.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.
Quote examples
Charlie Chaplin
English Actor
Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.
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Alan Gerry
American Businessman
Don't be lulled into complacency.
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