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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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Recent Examples of croons
Verb
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 Mark croons and strums campfire acoustic. — Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croons
  1. sings
  2. serenades
  3. hums
  4. ballads
  5. vocals
  6. choruses
  7. lays
  8. standards
Verb
  • Soprano Michelle Allie Drever sings the title role, while tenor Maxwell Ary is Ruggero, the object of her conflicted affections.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
  • Snow sings about getting her princess groove back, butts heads with her Evil Queen stepmother (a campy Gal Gadot) and gets a little help from her short new friends.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 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
Verb
  • This deck area positively hums with IG brunch-scene potential.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
  • To prevent its data centers from overheating, SpaceX plans to adopt liquid cooling, but not the kind that hums inside your desktop PC.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
Definition of hums
Noun
  • But in keeping with its protagonist’s difficulty staring at his feelings head-on, The Vampire Lestat—and the marketing that preceded its premiere—doesn’t start with ballads or sensual odes to far-reaching love.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • As the group grew in fame and notoriety, their sound evolved, mixing heavy metal with more emotional, dynamic ballads.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of ballads
Noun
  • Strange Sensation into this world of sharing vocals and working around another singer, adapting to someone else’s vocal style.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • This soundbar is specifically designed to help clarify dialogue by raising vocals and clearing pronunciation.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of vocals
Noun
  • Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Notorious Knicks villains such as Trae Young, Joel Embiid and CJ McCollum received similarly contentious choruses in recent postseasons.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 June 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
Definition of lays
Noun
  • But male-beauty standards have risen markedly during the past decade or so.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
  • Loeb says the group is focused on evidence, instrumentation, data analysis and collection standards.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of standards

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