coo

Example Sentences

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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

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

A small cluster of older ladies clutching pocketbooks, their hair carefully coiffed, probably on a shopping expedition from some province or suburb, smile and coo when he tinkles the opening of “Moonlight Serenade.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline