as in singing
to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice
croon a lullaby a singer crooning onstage
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Recent Examples of crooning
Everything from the stunning lighting design (courtesy of Justin Townsend) to Groff's crooning vocals emulates a '50s night club.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
Its 105 decibels of sound were plenty loud enough to carry over rapids without distortion and did crooning bluegrass singers and DJ’s justice alike thanks to its DSP tuning capabilities.
—Joe Jackson, Outside, 20 Nov. 2025
The melody is crooning and desperate, and their harmonies intertwine in a way that is supposed to mirror their bodies.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
In the bit, Rihanna and Ronnie (Andy Samberg) are dropping knowledge to a group of grade schoolers with the singer crooning in her power range as timid Ronnie can barely rise above a whisper to her utter consternation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Intoxicated by the attention—and the presence of the wannabe tragedienne Gloria (a sinuous, Kurt Weill–crooning Greta Lee)—Saxberger nevertheless must reckon with the authenticity of this newfound circle of aspirants.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
Its 105 decibels of sound were plenty loud enough to carry over rapids without distortion and did crooning bluegrass singers and DJ’s justice alike thanks to its DSP tuning capabilities.
—Joe Jackson, Outside, 20 Nov. 2025
The melody is crooning and desperate, and their harmonies intertwine in a way that is supposed to mirror their bodies.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
In the bit, Rihanna and Ronnie (Andy Samberg) are dropping knowledge to a group of grade schoolers with the singer crooning in her power range as timid Ronnie can barely rise above a whisper to her utter consternation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Intoxicated by the attention—and the presence of the wannabe tragedienne Gloria (a sinuous, Kurt Weill–crooning Greta Lee)—Saxberger nevertheless must reckon with the authenticity of this newfound circle of aspirants.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crooning
Verb
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Gilberg considered the question, hands clasped beneath his chin, the traffic outside humming expectantly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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That paragraph distills, with humming intensity, a central activity of this era, of the subterranean lives of people who stay up all night on Adderall and adrenaline.—
Niela Orr,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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Sounds of loud trilling shouts after silent hunts, and singing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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The blast furnace of volcanoes has fallen silent, replaced by birdsong trilling from the branches and echoing through a garden of exotic stone.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The combination of quavering flutes and solemn, unfamiliar corridors is disquieting.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
10 Dec. 2025
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Funke, her voice quavering throughout, recounted the events of the previous night.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Crooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooning. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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