Thesaurus results for CROONS

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verb

present tense third-person singular of croon

as in sings

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

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noun

plural of croon

as in serenades

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Those who fail to sing get tagged with a red laser pointer, so pretty much everyone croons. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 The feeling was warm with the weather to match, the synth pads and Auto-Tuned croons so airy and resonant. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026 Richard Marx croons his way onto Billboard’s jazz charts for the first time in a career as a lead recording artist that dates back almost 40 years. — Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026 Murray — beloved for iconic roles in Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack and other films — croons spirited renditions of timeless songs, from Bob Dylan to the Kinks to Tommy Tutone. — Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026 Guests are also offered complimentary city treats, like hot, powdery beignets, served from a charming lobby cart each afternoon, and Jeremy Davenport croons jazz tunes four nights a week in his namesake lounge. — AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2025 Gregg, 60, croons to Murphy, who looks adoringly into his eyes. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025 Phillips croons about a mother’s bond with her child as Swinton walks off, her character freshly wrecked by a visit with her son in prison. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 Tonatiuh croons a few ballads, though Lopez skillfully takes on most of the heavy musical work. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025

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The Mayo Clinic says tuberculosis is a serious bacterial infection that affects the lungs and can spread when someone with it coughs, sneezes, or even sings.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
His vocal approach is very much him — in that there appears to be no separation between the man who sings the songs and the guy who is chatting to you between songs.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of sings

Noun

Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Clips from the Pitt-Stanford game spread rapidly on Bluesky, where multiple users captured separate free-throw serenades and posted them individually.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of serenades

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Best Time to Visit The best time to visit Delray Beach is from late April through early June, when the city still hums with energy but sheds the intensity of peak season.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2026
This deck area positively hums with IG brunch-scene potential.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026

Definition of hums

Noun

Up until that point, a lot of people thought that my greatest strength was to sing heartbreak ballads.

— Jeffrey Masters, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of ballads

Noun

At times, Sixx’s backing vocals were easier to make out than Neil’s lead.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
The album was recorded with Ford across London, the English countryside and Palermo, Italy, where Chatten laid down vocals inside a makeshift booth assembled from mattresses and cushions.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of vocals

Noun

Full of big moments, rousing choruses, barstool sing-alongs, and even a few weepers, Stages is an album calibrated to the live experience.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026
There are no memorable choruses, hooky instrumentals passages, or spellbinding solos, all which have been a part of the band’s sonic identity, including on Life Is But a Dream… to an extent.

— Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of choruses

Noun

Before us, in a curtain of matte black against the vibrant green, a beautiful, enormous silverback lays flopped on his back surrounded by eight gorillas of all ages wrestling around him.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
While the 40-foot steeple of Crown Point’s oldest church lays toppled along Grant Street and East North Street, treasures found inside the 139-year-old church have found their way into new light.

— Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026

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