lull

It isn’t like soccer where you can just boot the ball around for 45 minutes and lull your overmatched opponent to sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Wholesale prices had been basically unchanged in the prior two months after a brief lull in the U.S.-Iran conflict resulted in cheaper oil.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Bali has seen tourist numbers recover past its pandemic lull.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

And despite the overall lull in the fighting, Iran fired drones at oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates, another U.S. ally, as they transited the Strait of Hormuz this month.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

There’s a lull while we order a fresh round of drinks.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The 19-year-old, sporting a budding beard, usually operates from home, filling lulls by watching the TV show Criminal Minds or honing his drone-flying skills on a simulator.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Naturally, this created relative lulls in the set for those newer to the singer and a welcome chance to catch a breath.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Elsie, after weeks of conversational lulls, started using the phone daily to coordinate French braids with soccer teammates and inquire about practice times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

As families gather for the holidays, lulls in the festivities provide a calm, unhurried opportunity to have heartfelt talks.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

Game nights in the concession stand hit occasional lulls, so Theo and I entertained ourselves making plastic cup pyramids and talking about English class.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

"People potentially get lulled into a sense of security when the intensity of sunlight is weak and they spend too long outdoors without adequate protection. We have shown that is a problem for skin damage."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

After an initial splurge on travel and entertainment, retirees are often lulled into a sense of complacency because their spending tends to decrease during the first decade after leaving the workforce.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Many companies “have been kind of lulled to sleep on the tariff front for the last 5 months,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

While there was movement on the bases for both starters, the game lulled until the seventh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Better. Much, much better. But the question is, am I really better, or am I just lulled into a false sense of security by this fake environment? I mean, it’s not normal here.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

And yet, at 80 mph, wind noise is reduced to a lulling hush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

So it was surprising that Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, started hosting a YouTube show, the purpose of which appears to be lulling viewers to sleep.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

Combined, they mean lulling the opponent into complacency, Mr. Pillsbury said.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

Led with subtlety and patience by Bicket, the performance, in the libretto’s words, let “sweetly flow the lulling sound.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

I tried to pay attention, but the monotonous voice of the narrator kept lulling me to sleep.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson