crooned; crooning; croons
2
: to sing or speak in a gentle murmuring manner
The mother crooned as she rocked the baby.
especially
: to sing in a soft intimate manner adapted to amplifying systems
: to sing (something, such as a popular song or a lullaby) in a crooning manner
… croons ballads that conjure up the tenderness of puppy love …—
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croon
noun
Examples of croon in a Sentence
The mother crooned as she rocked the baby.
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Mark croons and strums campfire acoustic.
—Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Director Scott Cooper gave Jeff Bridges a platform to country croon his way to an Academy Award for Crazy Heart, which is enough to ignite the Oscar hopes for White, who while quite good in 2023’s The Iron Claw nevertheless doesn’t possess Bridges’ decades of goodwill.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
And in 2015, Andy Samberg crooned to a slew of stars about the perils of #PeakTV.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2025
The group’s members respond in kind, crooning the song’s longing lyrics in Korean at Minogue as the studio audience lose it and their other four bandmates, and J Balvin, look on with big smiles from chairs just offstage.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2025
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Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Director Scott Cooper gave Jeff Bridges a platform to country croon his way to an Academy Award for Crazy Heart, which is enough to ignite the Oscar hopes for White, who while quite good in 2023’s The Iron Claw nevertheless doesn’t possess Bridges’ decades of goodwill.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
And in 2015, Andy Samberg crooned to a slew of stars about the perils of #PeakTV.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2025
The group’s members respond in kind, crooning the song’s longing lyrics in Korean at Minogue as the studio audience lose it and their other four bandmates, and J Balvin, look on with big smiles from chairs just offstage.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for croon
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“Croon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/croon. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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