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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

Alfred, our pianist and vocalist in Dolce Vita, crooned standards beautifully and always drew a crowd. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

Noun

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 While the entire band was a powerhouse, as lead singer Malo brought not only strong, soulful vocals that could veer between a Roy Orbison-esque baritone croon and country twang, but a genial humor that often manifested itself during the group’s concerts. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for croon

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Verb

The World Cup doubles as a beauty pageant for each country’s fans, who strut around, sing their anthems, and try their best to look hot, happy, and, above all, passionate.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
With no rooster to sing in a new day, Marialice begins a journey in endless night to find the sleeping sun, accompanied by tiny chick Little.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 7 July 2026

Definition of sing

Noun

With wonder and with great shame the yodel is an orphaned sound, a sound that turns the serenade toward an addressee that is destined to never hear it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings.

— Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026

Definition of serenade

Verb

Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.

— Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
The track begins with Winter’s distinct vocals warbling and wobbling over a tender percussion groove.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025

Definition of warble

Noun

Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.

— Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 May 2026

Definition of lullaby

Verb

Increasingly, the crux of the debate around AI’s sustainability has been focused on data centers, which make the nebulous concept of AI very concrete with their massive, humming warehouses full of servers and huge energy requirements.

— Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026
Project Bluestem Data centers emit humming sounds from generators, fans and other equipment.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

Definition of hum

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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