Word: lullingly
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Airline men, taking the same view, acknowledged, however, that air travel has fallen off. They emphasized that there is customarily a seasonal lull at this time of year, though some of them said plane crashes were also a factor in the situation
...after-Christmas lull, department stores slashed prices as much as 75% on hundreds of items. Examples: in Seattle, Sears, Roebuck sold $9.95 kitchen tables for $1.98; in Philadelphia, Snellenburg's cut prices on men's, suits from $27.50 to $18.71. In many cases even drastic cuts failed to lure buyers. Sellers hoped that the lull was temporary. Buyers hoped that their turn had finally come...
...sudden ending of the strike brought a feeling of relief to many mining towns which were experiencing a pre Christmas lull, but feelings of individual miners were mingled...
...would Harry Truman fare as minority President? The answer waited upon the next Congress. During the post-election lull the President was already battening down the hatches...
...battle of the bands sort of blew away in the Stadium gale . . . . the Yale tooters looked blue all the way through in the flimsy outfits as the wind whipped through the loose-fitting uniforms . . . the Harvard Band started out with the temporary advantage of a lull in the storm, but the Crimson stands burst into a consternated hum when their drum major, failed in two attempts to catch his baton after throwing it over the goal posts...