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verb

Definition of croon

as in to sing

to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice croon a lullaby a singer crooning onstage

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Verb

Before then, monochromatic clips show Karol and Mars racing around on go-karts, trading lyrics back and forth in the empty lower bowl seating area, and crooning over a guitar backstage. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Social media videos of the tribute showed the crowd singing along as Musgraves crooned the 1977 hit. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026

Noun

Blake serves as the Siren of the song, his distinct croon over minimal beat between Scott’s verses. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026 For 20 years, Joey Ramone’s hiccupping croon and Johnny Ramone’s relentless power chords kept on and on for 14 albums and more than 2,000 shows. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for croon

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Verb

Love usually handles the lead vocals on this song, but guitarist Brian Eichenberger sang it instead.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
In June, Grande also launched B-Line through her Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, in support of the below-the-line workers that make the industry sing.

— Rob LeDonne, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of sing

Verb

Playing a raging narcissist intoxicated with her own vocal calisthenics, Scherzinger gets one of the movie’s rare amusing moments, warbling in airy Mariah Carey melisma style even while weeping.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
With her rich rupture of a voice, Caven warbles and quavers 16 autobiographical songs in German and French, accompanied by the electronic Catalan band Molforts.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of warble

Noun

Gotta be honest, this instrumental version from one of those cover compilations of rock songs done lullaby-style for hipster parents is kind of great.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
Reilly, who composed the song wholesale, seems content to swap his Satie-esque irresolution for something straightforwardly plaintive, like a lullaby.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of lullaby

Verb

Farmers, truckers and others who keep commerce humming in the United States have to raise their prices in order to digest higher diesel costs.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Slop spawns, and Waymo’s artificially intelligent cars hum into view like two-ton rolling Rorschach tests.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of hum

Noun

The ballad finds Fontaines’ Grian Chatten and Rosalía trading lines over a moody acoustic strum that repeatedly swells with strings and clattering drums.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
But on the piano, laser-beamed into his songcraft, he’s quietly electrified, at seemingly at peace as his tenorous vocal glissando and nimble fingerwork on the piano produce shiveringly tender folk ballads that echo Harry Nilsson and Van Morrison.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ballad

Verb

In the fall, the workers trade in their pruning shears for knives sharp enough to skin a deer in minutes.

— Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
Today there’s a rich universe of supplemental Pynchon material ranging from prose only an English PhD could unpack, to sharp analysis that makes the experience of reading Pynchon communal and fun.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025

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