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Since the Enlightenment, Western societies have been lulled into a belief that progress is inevitable.

It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm.

After a while the motion of the train lulled him into a shallow sleep, and he dreamed.

Carry traders were lulled into a false sense of security, while more sceptical competitors joined in for fear of underperforming.

His feeling for her, lulled into unconsciousness by the dull round of domesticity, had been sharply stirred by the loss of her presence.

There were plenty of warnings, but you were lulled into a false sense of security.

When he drums and chants in a certain sequence, some of his listeners are lulled into a trance.

At last, lulled by the wind and the soft perking of the coffee-pot, NescaFrodo dropped into a troubled sleep.

We also meet with career services, who, in about thirty minutes, ensured that we weren't lulled into a false sense of complacency.

The warm room lulled his blood and a deepening sense of fatigue drugged him with sleep.

In Syria and Iran, among other places, social media users are lulled into a dangerously false sense of security.

Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The Blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams.

The MMD's lengthy tenure may have lulled China into a false sense of security.

Be lulled into a state of sheer relaxation with soft drop lightings and soothing piped-in music.

We were lulled into a false sense of security .

She lulled the baby for a few moments until the baby started to fall asleep and then she turned in Rick's direction.

In a yerk at the dead of night, I was gently lulled to sleep listening to the wind blowing through the Lake and the surrounding forests.

I was lulled by the words of the Wise; but I should have sought for the truth sooner, and our peril would now be less.

"They could be lulled into a false sense of security. "

In all kinds of ways, ratings agencies have extended their grip and lulled investors and institutions into a false sense of security.

Young Chinese must guard against being lulled into a sense of security by our stable and comfortable life and become unwilling to "change" .

I returned to my reverie, lulled by the air sliding across my brow, lost to sensation.

But JAXP's dullness has lulled developers away from looking to it for new features.

Indeed the position was so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled our sense of terror.

During the night the wind lulled.

of course , in front of several relations are very easy , so , do not be lulled oh.

The child lulled the parent, as the parent had erst lulled the child.

That briefly lulled the markets into thinking the worst might be over.

The experienced fisherman predicted that the raging sea would have been lulled by tonight.

China, some economists say, lulled American consumers, and their leaders, into complacency about their spendthrift ways. . .

e. g. The monotonous voice of the movement of the train lulled me to sleep.

The monotonous voice of the movement of the train lulled me to sleep.

The master, throned on high in his great splint-bottom arm-chair, was dozing, lulled by the drowsy hum of study.

Here's a familiar analogy to explain why they are lulled into complacency: imagine that your business is like a pot of lobsters.

As the quiet times continued, many investors were lulled into believing that a less volatile era had begun.

heavy flak was everywhere ! he had been lulled , lured and trapped.

The constant drip, drip, drip of the water off the roof lulled him to sleep.

When you talked about your spirit being lulled to sleep in motherhood, I felt like you were talking to me.

Lulled by the gentle motion and soothed by the rippling music of the waves the babies soon feel asleep.

Lulled into its soothing and beguiling rhythms, the city's concoction of pleasures soon work their way under your skin.

Isee some students being lulled into free lunch thinking when discussing raising wages of low-income workers at Harvard.

After an early dinner of creole, Indian or European specialities, most guests disappear to BE lulled to sleep by lapping waves.

In other words, if you're in capitalism, you might get lulled into thinking that no other mode of production is available.

She lulled suspicions with a plausible story.

One afternoon, I was riding a Brooklyn-bound Q train with my mother, who was visiting from Cape Cod, when our conversation lulled.

Byzantium swayed and lulled in weakness both due to and despite its vastness.

Having garbed himself as a shepherd, Hermes lulled[2] Argus into sleep with his magic[3] songs and boring stories, and killed him.

Dressed up as a shepherd, Hermes lulled Argus to sleep with his sweet songs and long stories, then killed him and set Io free.

At night, a lavender-filled eye pillow darkened my view and lulled me into hypnotic reverie.

The doctor lulled the patients fears.

Lulled by early success, he sent too few troops to Afghanistan.

Where you may lie lulled by their sunlit industries.

Then I fell asleep again, because I realized it was only the sound of the river and because the sound lulled me to sleep.

He lulled me into thinking that I had won.

I made the bed for my son and lulled him to sleep.

The mother lulled the crying baby.

And the lulled winds seem dreaming.

But the warning in fact lulled us.

His promise lulled her into believing that he loved her very much.

The mother lulled the baby to sleep by singing a song.

The mother lulled the baby to sleep.

eg. The constant cadence of surf lulled us to sleep.

She lulled her baby to sleep.

Who wouldn't enjoy being lulled to sleep by music?

lulled us into a false sense of security

Let us beware of being lulled into a dangerous security;

in the cradle of our wayward fancies, and lulled into security by the roar of the universe

The pain lulled and diminished to a glow,