lull

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

The seeming lull in job postings and hiring likely stems in part from the five-month-old conflict with Iran and the spike in oil prices.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Iran and the US resumed exchanges of fire last month after a days-long lull in fighting, although there were no reported strikes between Friday and Sunday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

The lull was supposed to keep her from dreaming.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Even so, the best work here makes up for the lulls elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

But against Oklahoma City, the Lakers’ lulls became an invitation for the Thunder to strike.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The good news is that there will be lulls between the successive weather systems, with sparkling sunshine and crisper conditions.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

It tends to go through deep lulls once customers get their drives in place and supply catches up to demand.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

I fall asleep in Salmon’s bunk bed, lulled by Dragon Masters 5: Song of the Poison Dragon.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

They are lulled into a smug confidence that his threats will always be toothless bluster.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

After five minutes of perfect quiet, the same sequence repeats itself three more times, after which he’s presumably lulled himself back to sleep for a while.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

When the curtain rose on opening night, audiences heard it as the opera’s opening number: Clara, seated on a dock in Charleston, gently lulling her baby to sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

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

But the voice in their ear lulling them to sleep is not from Mr. Stewart, who died in 1997.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Recently, when nothing was lulling me to slumber, I finally surrendered to the siren call of celebrity spiritual sage Jay Shetty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

“He seemed so strong, so remarkably powerful,” the Count went on, his voice warm and lulling.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman