coo
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If at all possible, you should live in a place where you don't have to constantly be looking over your shoulder in fear while you coo at the baby.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
Like “The Osbournes” heads of the household before them, Lachey and Simpson were already married before the cameras moved in, leaving us no opportunities to coo over rose petals, sequins and tulle.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
They coo and fuss over the infant, swap feeding and nappy-changing duties, and take turns to stay with him so one of them can get some sleep.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023
Ann-Margret has always spoken in a voice that falls somewhere between a purr and a coo.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
The birds coo and hop as Nigel moves from cage to cage, pouring water into small bowls.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
“Oh, Warner! I’ve waited so long to hear you say that!” she coos happily.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
In one of their most popular videos, the pair coos to the camera.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“Slap the City” clatters and coos with R&B falsetto and at least makes the blank nihilism of Drake’s dating life feel self-aware.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
“Daddy’s taking movies again,” coos Nicole, who met Simpson when she was 18, as she cuddles her infant child on the beach.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
"Your language," the mother scolds absently, and then, as if the words were an endearment, she coos them at her granddaughter, "your language."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
As she peeled one away and put forward the next, she cooed about the baby: so beautiful, so healthy.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
“Hey, little muffin! Look at you,” he cooed as tiny Finn was toted into the picture, smoosh-face and all, carried by mama Kylie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
"Look at the children. They're so cute," she cooed.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
They would be chops in less than a year, and Ms. Mahoney cooed to them between my questions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges, the pigeons cooed it in the elms, it got into the din of the smithies and the tune of the church bells.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
They alternate among softer cooing, silent breakdowns, half-rapped bridges, and multitracked vocals designed to encourage stadium singalongs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Instead, I’d laugh, cooing for more lemon to revel in those strong sensations over and over again.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
But Gadot gets the best number in a tepid batch, a villain’s anthem that welds together a half-dozen sneering, cooing, minor-key tempo shifts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Lipa wonders amid cooing backup vocals, and she goes on to rap, “Another girl falls in love/Another girl leaves the club.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
Someone in the neighborhood was mowing the lawn, and I could hear pigeons cooing.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
