lulling
present participle oflull
| 单词 | lulling |
| 释义 | lulling present participle oflull lull verb[T] uk/lʌl/us/lʌl/tocausesomeone tofeelcalmor tofeelthat theywanttosleep: Themotionof thecaralmostlulled hertosleep. Calming and relaxing
Phrasal verblullsomeoneintosomething Examplesoflullinglulling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The narrator makes it plain ("for instance") that he is rendering conversations and notlullingthe reader unaware directly into live discourse. From theCambridge English Corpus The largely syllabic declamation, the slow-moving harmonic rhythm and thelullingbass line project a maternal calm even as they evoke the 'sleep of death'. From theCambridge English Corpus Thatlullingaction is in itself a political act, and yet one that we are encouraged not to recognize as such. From theCambridge English Corpus Hughes's (often nine-part) choral writing is by turns blistering and soothing, just as the instrumental underlay is bothlullingand frenetic. From theCambridge English Corpus This phenomenon oflullingoperates at a more sophisticated level as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You arelullingthe public opinion of the country into false security by producing ships, which may after all be valueless when launched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have my own scruples, like many others, about how far you can ultimately feather-bed poets and artists withoutlullingtheir genius into fashion-ability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, with regard to the people of this country, there is nothing to be achieved bylullingthem into a fool's paradise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I mean what one might call "lullingfor profit". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The policy of first exhausting the country has been followed by a policy oflullingour suspicions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Posters throughout the country trumpeted that pledge,lullingthe electorate into a false sense of security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What he has said could be either a dramatic retreat or a mean trick aimed atlullingthe growing opposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, nothing happened in these discussions or in the agreement that in any way meant anylullingor creation of false security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When a society pulls the blankets over its head it islullingitself into a false sense of security and hoping that the problems outside those blankets will go away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such speed limits can create hazardous conditions for other road users, particularly pedestrians, bylullingthem into a false sense of security, seemingly offered by the speed limits sign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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