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Recent Examples of croon
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Engelbert Humperdinck Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket
The ‘60s pop heartthrob is still crooning.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2024
Viewers met Samberg as Clementine, who's playing keyboard and crooning his heart out in his apartment to ridiculous lyrics that seem to be about a girl who's — an actual drink?
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The Philippines considers karaoke a national pastime, and the people around you are constantly crooning into their Magic Sing microphones or portable karaoke machines.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Her solitude is broken when two fellow students rush up, crooning her name in unison.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Engelbert Humperdinck Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket
The ‘60s pop heartthrob is still crooning.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Dec. 2024
Viewers met Samberg as Clementine, who's playing keyboard and crooning his heart out in his apartment to ridiculous lyrics that seem to be about a girl who's — an actual drink?
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The Philippines considers karaoke a national pastime, and the people around you are constantly crooning into their Magic Sing microphones or portable karaoke machines.
—Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for croon
Verb
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After a decade of allegations that a soundalike vocalist, Jason Malachi, sang three songs on Michael, those tracks were removed from the album in 2022.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
16 Jan. 2025
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Your inbox overflows with requests, your calendar is packed and your manager sings your praises in team meetings.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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My mom also received many wonderful telephone calls and well wishes from some famous friends too, including a phone serenade by crooner Bobby Vinton and letters, cards and gifts from Donny Osmond, Phyllis Diller, Jim Nabors, June Lockhart, Betsy Palmer, Andy Williams and Shelley Winters.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Cricket song rose from the grasses, from somewhere came the serenade of corncrakes and the distant snorting of a horse awakened from its slumber.—
Daniel Mason,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
Verb
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To lend the appearance of vitality, junk cars driven by mannequins populated the parking lot to the backdrop of warbling holiday tapes played on low-fidelity loudspeakers.—
Douglas C. Towne,
The Arizona Republic,
18 Dec. 2024
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Phoenix, who doesn’t seem accustomed to singing, much less very interested in it, is forced to warble his way through song numbers while Gaga refuses to lay down a dichotomy between what’s real versus fantasy concerning her character’s musical talents.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In a TikTok video posted on Dec. 1, Cassidy sits with her son and mother-in-law, who sings the lullaby written in honor of Jared.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
1 Jan. 2025
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One of the loveliest moments of the opera comes as the children head to sleep, and an off-stage chorus (Potts, Wolverton plus Siena Forest and Alex Ritchie) sing a kind of lullaby.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Perhaps this staging area includes the steampunk-ish hell-basement filled with ominously crackling and humming electrical equipment that sucks Cooper through a portal (sans shoes, like a religious pilgrim entering a house of worship) and reincarnates him on the floor of Dougie’s secret other place.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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So, the economy is humming, and the Fed finally admits it.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The former president's endorsement process has evolved from haphazard to sharp and effective, rendering all other endorsements all but obsolete.—
Kaleigh Rogers,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2024
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That included everything from off-center parts at Simone Rocha to sharp, contrasting textures at KNWLS.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
21 Sep. 2023
Noun
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Now the pop star’s former digs have resurfaced on the market, asking a smidge under $6 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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McKnight received his first Grammy nomination at the 36th annual awards in 1994 for best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal alongside Vanessa Williams.—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In Blue Velvet, Dorothy Valence’s (Isabella Rossellini) rendition of the title ballad is a conduit for her internal life.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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In the music video, released Monday, frontwoman Michelle Zauner sings the delicate ballad, while bassist Jungle twirls in a gleaming seashell, emulating a siren.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Croon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croon. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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