There was a lull in the lifeless, perfunctory conversation, and one or two of the sleepy women murmured: "Thank you!
The same brief lull in the force of the wind brought an equally momentary gleam of light through the darkness, which had up till then made noonday as gloomy as a late twilight.
During the brief lull in the storm Clark, the tea-buyer, had come on deck.
But a momentary lull in the storm made them louder than McLeod anticipated.
But weeks passed and in doing so rather induced a lull in my worries about him because it seemed that they were never really going.
There was something about it that got you: you couldn't help but hum along with the melody, and if it continued long enough you found your eyes closing and your senses slipping off into a lull of sleep.
Godoy kept a close watch upon Bute, who took a mansion in Madrid on a long lease in order to lull that Court into security.
Because we may be enjoying a temporary relief from its depressing influence, this should not lullus into a false security nor lead us to forget the suddenness of past visitations.
There was not even a lullin the exasperating withdrawals of gold.
A lull had now taken place, and Tom heard a laugh from the stranger which he did not much relish; it was contemptuous and sarcastic, and gave him no very good opinion of his companion.
And at the first lull in the storm he crept up to his room.
Ammunition was getting short, but happily a wagon came up with cartridges, and we took advantage of the lull to fill our boxes.
The lull in the fighting in our immediate vicinity, and the reports which reached us that matters were now progressing favorably on the rest of the field, reassured us.
The lull caused by the death of General Johnston did not last long, and again on our left flank great masses of the enemy appeared, and we had to fall back two or three hundred yards.
But even this latter alternative would not completely lull suspicions: there would still be the watchings and questionings of friends, and of agents, for no act that could be framed could prevent these.
Every precaution was adopted by ministers to lull suspicion; and the preparations for dinner had been going on as though the ministers would really assemble.
Dick waited for the wind to lull a little, and then he kicked with all the skill and judgment he could command.
There was a lullas the spread-out teams waited for the kick-off.
But now there came a lull which lasted for three whole days and nights.
The condition of affairs, after the ship had penetrated into the regions of ice and snow, was not an enviable one, although there was now a rent in the dark cloud that hovered over the Sea Flower--a lull in the terrible storm.
Think ye, because ye weep, and kneel, and pray, That God will lull the pestilence?
It may have been only a momentary lull in the King's stormy passion for war, but it lasted long enough to admit of the renewal of the King's endeavours to draw More into his service, and of More's yielding at last to Royal persuasions.
Hutten commenced his series of satirical pamphlets, and it became evident that the storm was not permanently laid, the lull might last for a while, but fresh tempests were ahead.
The lullin the trade union movement was broken by a new concerted eight-hour movement managed by the Federation, which culminated in 1890.
Hunt came a forty years' lull in the courts' application of the doctrine of conspiracy to trade unions.
But if they feel themselves secure from the north, as you suggest," cried the Baron impatiently, "that very security will lull them.
All those who knew Lord Jeffreys regarded this as the lull before the storm, and braced themselves for the explosion.
The wind kept on through the night, commencing to lull at 8 A.
The thought that it would return after a short lull was amongst the worst with me during the hours of waiting.
The Ale is getting heavier every minute, and it is so dirty in the wind's eye, that there is no chance of a lull before noon to-morrow.
But these primitive Christians utilised this breathing-space in order to grow, and having a moment of lull and stillness in the storm, turned it to the highest and best uses.
Therefore it will quite meet the situation that your hospital--during this lull until the Army operations begin--be extended by adding a few sections for the treatment of civilians in the nearer districts.
Even amongst our comparatively cheerful patients, during this temporary lull in the fighting, tragedies were occurring in the usual humdrum fashion.
After the close of the Revolution there was a short, uneasy lull in the eternal border warfare between the white men and the red.
There had been a lull in the murderous woodland warfare during the years immediately succeeding the close of the Revolution, but the storm had again gathered.
Lull describes the Pliocene as "a period of great unrest.
Professor Lull points out that Asia is nearest to the oldest known human remains (in Java), and that Asia was the seat of the most ancient civilisations and the original home of many domesticated animals and cultivated plants.
