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lulling

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verb

present participle of lull

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Recent Examples of lulling
Verb
Composer Christopher Larkin’s score equally haunting and soothing depending on the locale, often lulling the player into a meditative state just in time for an unexpected (or frankly, expected) threat to break the peace. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025 Task, like its characters, disarms viewers by lulling them into a sense of comfort with its unassuming dressings. EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lulling
Adjective
  • Incorporate rewards that motivate you, such as a relaxing bath, healthy snack, or movie night.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Sami, a city boy ashamed of his roots, arrives for a relaxing weekend on his family farm.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s this North Star patchwork quilt that blends soothing fall colors and looks great in any season.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • To that end, Martinez also recommends finishing the meal with a hot drink to enhance the feel-good effect—especially if the drink contains adaptogens that are known for soothing the body and mind.
    Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Create a ritual Creating calming rituals around mealtimes can also help bring more awareness—and in turn, lower cortisol.
    Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Another bedroom, by Eve Robinson Associates, is meant to be a calming respite away from the hustle and bustle of New York.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The smoke was billowing, but that ray of sunshine that came through was just very comforting.
    Georgea Kovanis, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The hearty blend of tomatoes, chicken, turkey, and rice is seriously comforting.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For Ares, Nine Inch Nails will be composing the soundtrack, bringing their iconic industrial rock sound to the Grid.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The difference is that composing while in motion may be a particularly useful way to address a crisis in creativity.
    Karen Palmer September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Tresemmé Lamellar Gloss Finishing Oil is what stands between you and shampoo-ad levels of shine, locking in luster and quieting frizz with its mix of sunflower, coconut, and macadamia oils.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nine of those points came in a 16-0 third quarter run that turned a seven-point deficit into a 61-52 lead heading to the fourth, quieting the packed house in San Francisco’s Chase Center.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Stephen depicts the women’s schooltime bond in hypnotic flashbacks, and their separation largely through absence itself, with gliding, pensive shots of places—rooms, buildings, streets—where the women have been and may be again but which, onscreen, are vacant.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The first video work in the series, Ready Mix, 2021, follows the strangely hypnotic rumble of cement production at an Idaho mixing plant, from sand to finished block.
    Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So far, efforts at appeasing the MAGA outrage machine have only backfired.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Trump took a step toward appeasing his critics in the Republican Party by urging European allies over the weekend to move first on Russia sanctions.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Lulling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lulling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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