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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croons
  1. sings
  2. serenades
  3. hums
  4. ballads
  5. vocals
  6. choruses
  7. lays
  8. standards
Verb
  • On his latest Hyperdub release, the Japanese producer born Takahide Higuchi sings more than on previous records but tortures his voice through a gauntlet of pitch-shifter effects.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026
  • Emcee/ringleader duties in the shows were mostly split between frequent guest star John Stamos and Love’s son, Christian Love (who sings lead on numbers formerly sung by the late Carl Wilson).
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 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
  • 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
  • Those digital Mellotrons balanced against Wilson’s dry 2000s alt-rock production cast Åkerfeldt’s ballads into a searching, uncanny drift at the outskirts of the metal landscape.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
  • His theory—that the poems must have been patched together much later from various ballads—was not universally accepted.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of ballads
Noun
  • Absolutely’s groundedness can, in part, be credited to the journey of creating her second studio album, Paracosm, a dark-leaning, 13-track record that features self-examining lyrics and dynamic vocals, ranging from airy whispers to soaring belts.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
  • The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity.
    — Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Definition of vocals
Noun
  • 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
  • Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 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
Definition of lays
Noun
  • The board sets education policy, maintains academic standards, and oversees educational licenses and the accreditation system.
    — Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • In the absence of so many senior stars in the wake of the World Cup, Dominik Szoboszlai and Milos Kerkez have stepped up, helping to set the standards for the youngsters who have been included on this pre-season tour to the United States.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of standards

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