Synonyms for lullaby

Grammar : Noun

Spell : luhl-uh-bahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌl əˌbaɪ

Définition of lullaby

Origin : 1560s, lulley by, from Middle English lollai, lullay, from lullen (see lull (v.)). Second element perhaps from by-by "good-by."

noun nighttime song

Example sentences :

Then the snowdrop sang a lullaby about the moss that loved the violet.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

Down the room a low, mournful wail, almost a lullaby, went on and ceased not.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

By that time the sounds of the tempest had become a lullaby to me.
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

So she sang another, a lullaby, that sank to its finish in flattering silence.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

Oh, this capital knew the Dead March in Saul as a child knows his lullaby!
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

“Sing me to sleep, lullaby of the leaves”—the phonograph sang.
Extract from : « The Hills of Home » by Alfred Coppel

Now it was the lullaby of the song sparrow or the swamp sparrow.
Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs

And I remember, when tired with play, that her mother sang to us an old song, a lullaby.
Extract from : « Wappin' Wharf » by Charles S. Brooks

"Any old crone's would serve as well for a lullaby," she answered, playfully.
Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie

I'll leave the doors open, and play you a lullaby that you can't resist.
Extract from : « An Old-fashioned Girl » by Louisa May Alcott

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