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- verb Present participle of
lull .
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Examples
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It goes into a kind of lulling drum beat which goes on for a few minutes (what I called Drums again, even though it isn't in the official setlist) before Phil takes it up and you hear the definite Main Ten bass line.
bt.etree.org 2010
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It goes into a kind of lulling drum beat which goes on for a few minutes (what I called Drums again, even though it isn't in the official setlist) before Phil takes it up and you hear the definite Main Ten bass line.
bt.etree.org 2010
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Ponzi schemes promise investors high returns, and in the early stages the architects of those schemes make good on that promise through "lulling" payments to initial investors, using fresh money from new ones.
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Maybe it's from the rushing river noise that's a constant companion in the lower valley -- a kind of lulling sonic shower.
Tyee - Home 2008
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The confidence man lubricates his trade with stories and wit, lulling his audience into acquiescence.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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The confidence man lubricates his trade with stories and wit, lulling his audience into acquiescence.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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The passing darkness was slowly lulling me to sleep.
Mary Lou's Lost Shoe Ron Earl Phillips 2011
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The confidence man lubricates his trade with stories and wit, lulling his audience into acquiescence.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Hameed led the court through a dismal list of acts of "procrastination, evasiveness, obfuscation and general bad faith" shown by both the Conservative and predecessor Liberal governments: a litany of broken promises and endlessly moving goalposts, as officials frankly toyed with Abdelrazik, lulling him with false hope while deliberately frustrating him at every turn.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The confidence man lubricates his trade with stories and wit, lulling his audience into acquiescence.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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