coo
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Shelly, who speaks in a heightened version of Anderson’s breathy coo, is a fellow Francophile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
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
Even the Pokémon noises are gently mellowed out in contrast to the coarser, more caterwauling sounds of the games; here the creatures purr, cry, coo and sigh like docile house pets.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 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
"Can we peek?" one woman asks, and Mina stops so they can coo at the sleeping baby.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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
“Let the image of professional ascendance settle your nerves,” he coos.
From Salon ● May 7, 2025
Humans have been long fascinated by bird song and the cacophony of other avian sounds -- from coos and honks to quacks and peeps.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 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
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
Then, while French pigeons cooed outside and strong coffee brewed on the Moka pot, we sat down and ate.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
“Ooh, I like a man who appreciates pancakes,” Rayette cooed.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
There were gurgling, cooing, month-and-a-half old newborns in Brooklyn and Westchester who had never known the soul-emptying pain of a crushing Knicks defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Nah,” I thought, as I watched the cooing baby in my arms.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
“They do know when someone someone’s ill, right?” he said to no one before scratching Penny’s tummy and cooing, “You know I’m ill, right? I’m ill!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
"You have to think a lot before having a baby," Valentina Dottor admits when we meet on Fregona's main square, her 10-month-old daughter Diletta cooing in a pushchair.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Evan was now in the bouncy seat, cooing happily.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
