cooing

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Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 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

Otis even gets a starring role, cooing along playfully to an improvised piano solo called Interlude II.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

One can hear actual children in the mix, cooing gently at the beginning, then fading away as the composition grows more intense.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Before Ben can answer, his mom glides into the room, cooing, “Your friends are here. So glad your friends are here.”

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes