lullingly
- a word derived from lull.
Example Sentences
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In “The Upside Down Hat,” a lullingly spare story by Stephen Barr with exquisite, Bemelmans-like illustrations by Gracey Zhang, a hat becomes a little boy’s entire support system.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
The first visit to Yorktown is pacific, even lullingly placid; the swoops and loops of its gravity curves play mostly for fun, and Captain Kirk, mission-weary, applies for a desk job there.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 25, 2016
Slowly, lullingly, the dueling machine's imaginary yet very real mists enveloped Leoh.
From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben
The day was one of autumnal warmth; the haze of Indian summer blued the still air, and the wind that now and then stirred the stiff panoply of the trees was lullingly soft.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean
He heard a dog barking; a cow lowed; from a stable somewhere the soft thumping of the horses' feet came at intervals lullingly.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean