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Definition of Lulling
1. lull [v] - See also: lull
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lulling
Literary usage of Lulling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rambler by Samuel Johnson (1752)
"... and frequent retirement from folly and vanity, from the cares of avarice, and
the joys of intemperance, from the lulling founds of deceitful flattery, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1818)
"... and cattle-dealer at Мус; by U ilium Galbraith, writer, Stirling APPOINTMENTS,
PROMOTIONS, &c. I. CIVIL. 13 CHI, lulling to be; ..."
3. Among the Isles of Shoals by Celia Thaxter (1873)
"... precisely like that which a rocket makes, sweeping headlong upward through
the air; but the other is a long and peaceful sigh, a dreamy, lulling, ..."
4. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"A mere superficial form, by lulling the conscience, hardens the heart. The task
is performed, but in what manner, or to what result is not inquired. ..."
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