croon
Example Sentences
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Kuo would croon standards like “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Then you had both sides: the croon and the explosion.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
More recent interpreters underline the song’s vast reach, from Harolyn Blackwell’s operatic radiance and Norah Jones’s hushed Tanglewood version to Kenny Barron’s pensive piano meditation and Willie Nelson’s weathered country croon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” felt like a gentle croon as compared to the frantic desperation of the original, but still felt decisive.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025
As dangerous as the Chimaera, and as rare, the Manticore is reputed to croon softly as it devours its prey.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing croon
"The People Could Fly," Vocabulary from the folk tale
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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"The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes
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