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lullaby
[ luhl-uh-bahy ]
noun
- a song used to lull a child to sleep; cradlesong.
- any lulling song.
verb (used with object)
- to lull with or as with a lullaby.
lullaby
/ ˈʌəˌɪ /
noun
- a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
- the music for such a song
verb
- tr to quiet or soothe with or as if with a lullaby
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lullaby1
Example Sentences
I also like to listen to lullaby music, which makes me sound like a fetus, but it helps me get over my insomniac tendencies.
Soon to enchant the audience with her honeyed vocals is Judeline, the Spanish Venezuelan singer known for her heavenly electronic pop lullabies.
Not long afterwards she was looking through an old briefcase when she came across an ageing, brown reel-to-reel tape-recording of her lullaby.
They’ve become a soothing lullaby for policymakers, as if labeling our crises is enough to gloss over the harsh reality of what those words actually mean.
Another, the "Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors," included the hauntingly mournful "Conventry Carol," a mother's lullaby to her doomed child.
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