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Definition of lullaby in English: lullabynounPlural lullabies ˈlʌləbʌɪˈlələˌbaɪ A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep. Example sentencesExamples - She tucked her into bed and sang her a soft lullaby.
- In fact, he said if you woke up, I was to sing you a lullaby to get you back to sleep if I had to.
- Children are encouraged to sing songs during the day and lullabies before they sleep.
- He started singing a lullaby, and I stood in the doorway, watching them.
- I arrive to a small door that was open halfway, and in the small room I see Holly holding a small bundle in her arms, walking back and forth, while singing her little lullaby.
- In this collection are old British and American ballads, Civil War songs, blues, frolic tunes, children's games, nonsense songs, lullabies, spirituals, and more.
- His singing-voice sounded so soft, like he was singing a lullaby.
- The music is the best thing about the film, which includes spirituals, work songs, a lullaby, and a great sequence in a saloon with honky-tonk jazz.
- Participants learned the old lullabies and folk songs of their mothers and grandmothers joyfully and enthusiastically.
- In the world of today, there is a need of the power of lullabies.
- Feeling that resonance was an extraordinary experience that was both like listening to a lullaby and an awakening song.
- Whether it be a new tune or a timeless classic, these lullabies are sure to do the trick and calm even the most active youth.
- Kara's voice was more subtle, and her soft lullabies on quiet Alabama nights made it seem as though everything was right with the world.
- As for new songs, there's a Latvian lullaby, a Czech dirge and a Bulgarian ballad.
- I dreamt of a rainy day, one of those days when the crackle of water on the windows acts like a lullaby, a gentle drumming to make you slip into afternoon sleep against the strange worlds inside your book.
- The music is Celtic-Emerald Isle - the songs are a lullaby.
- They bantered a few minutes more before everyone quieted down and simply enjoyed the ambience and the lullaby being sung for them.
- One of the earliest lullabies in English was written during the time of King Edward II of England in the 14th century.
- You see, my mother used to sing me a lullaby before I went to sleep.
- Their traditional music includes work songs, hymns, lullabies, ballads, and healing songs.
Synonyms cradle song, soothing song, gentle song, quiet song French berceuse
verblullabies, lullabying, lullabiedˈlʌləbʌɪˈlələˌbaɪ [with object]rare Sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep. she lullabied us, she fed us Example sentencesExamples - Two yellow birds are sitting atop the cradle as if lullabying the child.
- Sunshine will appeal to story group times at schools and libraries, as well as parents and grandparents lullabying their children to sleep at bedtime.
- Another such piece, ‘Child Falling Asleep,’ lulls the mind into a sleepy state, much as he might have imagined lullabying his own children at bedtime.
- For the next ten years until the death of Philip V (the first Spanish Bourbon and father of the first Neapolitan Bourbon), Farinelli lullabied the depressed king to sleep with the same four songs every night!
- However, these songs all share the common unifying characteristic of lullabying children to sleep for generations past and generations to come.
Synonyms soothe, quiet, hush, lullaby
Origin Mid 16th century: from lull + bye-bye, a sound used as a refrain in lullabies; compare with bye-byes. Definition of lullaby in US English: lullabynounˈlələˌbīˈlələˌbaɪ A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep. Example sentencesExamples - Children are encouraged to sing songs during the day and lullabies before they sleep.
- Kara's voice was more subtle, and her soft lullabies on quiet Alabama nights made it seem as though everything was right with the world.
- In the world of today, there is a need of the power of lullabies.
- The music is Celtic-Emerald Isle - the songs are a lullaby.
- Feeling that resonance was an extraordinary experience that was both like listening to a lullaby and an awakening song.
- Whether it be a new tune or a timeless classic, these lullabies are sure to do the trick and calm even the most active youth.
- She tucked her into bed and sang her a soft lullaby.
- As for new songs, there's a Latvian lullaby, a Czech dirge and a Bulgarian ballad.
- They bantered a few minutes more before everyone quieted down and simply enjoyed the ambience and the lullaby being sung for them.
- The music is the best thing about the film, which includes spirituals, work songs, a lullaby, and a great sequence in a saloon with honky-tonk jazz.
- I dreamt of a rainy day, one of those days when the crackle of water on the windows acts like a lullaby, a gentle drumming to make you slip into afternoon sleep against the strange worlds inside your book.
- I arrive to a small door that was open halfway, and in the small room I see Holly holding a small bundle in her arms, walking back and forth, while singing her little lullaby.
- His singing-voice sounded so soft, like he was singing a lullaby.
- Their traditional music includes work songs, hymns, lullabies, ballads, and healing songs.
- Participants learned the old lullabies and folk songs of their mothers and grandmothers joyfully and enthusiastically.
- In this collection are old British and American ballads, Civil War songs, blues, frolic tunes, children's games, nonsense songs, lullabies, spirituals, and more.
- In fact, he said if you woke up, I was to sing you a lullaby to get you back to sleep if I had to.
- He started singing a lullaby, and I stood in the doorway, watching them.
- One of the earliest lullabies in English was written during the time of King Edward II of England in the 14th century.
- You see, my mother used to sing me a lullaby before I went to sleep.
Synonyms cradle song, soothing song, gentle song, quiet song
verbˈlələˌbīˈlələˌbaɪ [with object]rare Sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep. she lullabied us, she fed us Example sentencesExamples - Sunshine will appeal to story group times at schools and libraries, as well as parents and grandparents lullabying their children to sleep at bedtime.
- Another such piece, ‘Child Falling Asleep,’ lulls the mind into a sleepy state, much as he might have imagined lullabying his own children at bedtime.
- However, these songs all share the common unifying characteristic of lullabying children to sleep for generations past and generations to come.
- For the next ten years until the death of Philip V (the first Spanish Bourbon and father of the first Neapolitan Bourbon), Farinelli lullabied the depressed king to sleep with the same four songs every night!
- Two yellow birds are sitting atop the cradle as if lullabying the child.
Synonyms soothe, quiet, hush, lullaby
Origin Mid 16th century: from lull + bye-bye, a sound used as a refrain in lullabies; compare with bye-byes. |