cooing

present participle of coo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooing
Verb
  • The sector had been whispering earlier this year that Richemont was planning to offload Jaeger-LeCoultre.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 May 2026
  • Francis and Pierre start whispering behind closed doors to one another at night, plotting whether or not to flee for a neutral country.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Watch On As every streaming platform inevitably becomes like linear TV and offers up more commercials than common sense, we're left sighing at the 360 that society has taken.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 June 2026
  • There are nearly two hundred people standing there, looking around and sighing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • To test the concept, the team equipped Madagascar hissing cockroaches with a lightweight wearable backpack capable of collecting physiological and behavioral data.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
  • This might be as simple as a public argument – hissing whispers in an elevator.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • But many questions went unanswered, frustrating many murmuring and grumbling attendees.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • His father trailed him on the ice, murmuring.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Cooing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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