Synonyms of crooning

crooning

verb

present participle of croon

as in singing

to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice

croon a lullaby

a singer crooning onstage

Related Words

• singing
• warbling
• humming
• lilting
• trilling
• quavering
• yodeling
• slurring
• trolling
• harmonizing
• vocalizing
• chanting
• belting
• serenading
• scatting
• sharping
• caroling
• descanting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crooning

The minute-long clip, shared on June 10, shows Langley crooning the late '90s ballad while accompanying herself on piano. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 June 2026

The camera pans to Cody crooning while strumming his guitar throughout the video. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 18 May 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

His coffee shop crooning is a transparent exercise in personal rebranding. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026

What’s more, he is seen and heard crooning more than his costar in the film Kelly Rowland, who was one third of the legendary girl group Destiny’s Child, and has had a successful solo career since. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026

Tammy Wynette and George Jones may have gotten a D-I-V-O-R-C-E, but the crooning duo had a hard time severing ties for good. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026

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