cooed

Definition of cooednext
past tense of coo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooed
Verb
  • Still, since the man had fled, these officials emphasized the necessity of executing her, even as the whole episode whispered even to them of the dangerous vulnerabilities of their colonial situation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • There were only whispered recriminations in the dark.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Seeing her dad’s handwriting, Lally sighed.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The Renaissance master, whose name is only ever sighed in the same breath as Leonardo and Michelangelo, supposedly traded truth for beauty, and ended up destroying both.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
  • His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • True to form, the Boards of Canada resurrection has murmured to life so quietly that only the most obsessive of code breakers twigged it early on.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Ludwig murmured, the mist outside the window mostly covering the mountain.
    Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Cooed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooed. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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