lull to sleep
lull to sleep — idiom
1. to make someone fall asleep or become very relaxed and drowsy, especially throug
to make someone fall asleep or become very relaxed and drowsy, especially through gentle sounds, movements, or a calm atmosphere
The gentle rocking of the train lulled Ava to sleep before she reached her station.
active: [causal subject] lulled [object] to sleep
Bao's grandfather lulled him to sleep every night with a soft folk song.
The quiet afternoon heat lulled the children to sleep in the garden.
Diego was lulled to sleep by the steady rhythm of waves hitting the shore.
Noa found that the sound of rain always lulled her to sleep faster than any medicine.
- send to sleep
more direct and less poetic; used especially for sounds or activities that bore someone into sleeping
- soothe to sleep
emphasises comfort and calming, often used for babies or people in distress
- put to sleep
wider meaning covering both deliberate action (putting a child to bed) and unintentional effect (boredom); avoid for euthanasia contexts in learner examples
文法句型
lull + object + to sleep
be lulled to sleep + by + noun phrase
用法筆記
Commonly used in the passive voice (be lulled to sleep by something). The subject is typically a soothing sound, repetitive motion, or calming environment — not a person deliberately putting someone to bed. For the deliberate act of putting a child to bed, use 'put to sleep' or 'tuck in' instead.