crooned

verb

past tense of croon
as in sang
to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice croon a lullaby a singer crooning onstage

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Recent Examples of crooned Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song. — Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 Adam Sandler crooned it in the 2006 Click, as the soundtrack to his first kiss with Kate Beckinsale. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026 Alfred, our pianist and vocalist in Dolce Vita, crooned standards beautifully and always drew a crowd. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 On a cool December evening as raindrops polka-dotted the pavement, longtime street performer Onunze Ubaka, 72, crooned Motown classics to a virtually empty corner off the usually busy Jackson Square in the French Quarter. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025 Singing only in Spanish, the unassuming math teacher crooned his way into our hearts within seconds. — Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025 The black-and-white video featured special appearances by his wife Hailey and their son Jack as Bieber crooned. — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025 After a triumphal return to the United States in 2022, where spectators goggled at sumo wrestling in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, and crooned along with Lionel Ritchie during the closing ceremony, the event has moved to Chengdu, the emerging sports hub of western China. — Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crooned
  1. sang
  2. hummed
  3. warbled
  4. quavered
  5. trilled
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  • With louche tailoring and cool confidence, there is undoubtedly a sang-froid air about Armani that seems to transcend time and place.
    — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • America's Got Talent contestant Avalon Penrose, who introduced herself as someone who sang opera in her childhood, brought chaos — and fun — to the stage.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of sang
Verb
  • The town's only hospital hummed with ambulances, burial teams and a steady stream of patients.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • DeChambeau hummed and whistled and messed with the 15 or so reporters still waiting him out.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of hummed
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  • 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
Definition of warbled
Verb
  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Definition of quavered
Verb
  • This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Femme tunes trilled in the background.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Definition of trilled

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