cooing

Example Sentences

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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

Instead, I’d laugh, cooing for more lemon to revel in those strong sensations over and over again.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2025

One of his favorites is the sound of cooing pigeons — pests to some, but also survivors who’ve adapted to survive on crumbs of kindness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

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

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024

He was still leaning over the bassinet, cooing.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey