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lull someone to sleep
gently make someone sleep
To lull someone to sleep means to gently help them fall asleep.
Hear it in real life
Did you sleep on the flight?
Yes, the steady engine noise lulled me to sleep.
The soft music lulled the baby to sleep within a few minutes.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The music lulled the baby ‸ sleep.
Say: The music lulled the baby to sleep.
This use of “lull” takes “someone to sleep” to express gently helping them fall asleep.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
lull someone to sleep; be lulled to sleep by something
Your turn: say it out loud
The soft music lulled the baby to sleep within a few minutes.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
lull someone to sleep
gently make someone sleep
“The soft music lulled the baby to sleep within a few minutes.”
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