lullaby
Example Sentences
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In one of the film’s most stirring moments, indicative of its quiet power, Duvall keeps his back to the camera as he sings a lullaby hymn only for himself.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
“The lullaby is a highly prized musical form,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Soundtracking it is a snippet of “Sueña Lindo, Corazón,” a tender, stripped-down folk lullaby for a wounded heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
Yet “then you’ll spread your wings an’ you’ll take the sky” lifts the lullaby from want toward aspiration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Somewhere around midday I was hiking along, singing a lullaby and rubbing Otto’s foot, when he unexpectedly tumbled from my back.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
