How to Use crooner in a Sentence
crooner
noun-
The crooner was in a bind, with a bum leg and a pompadour in bad need of a trim.
— Mike Newall, Philly.com, 9 May 2018 -
Luther’s place in the pantheon of soul crooners is secure.
— David Ritz, Billboard, 17 May 2018 -
Weary sun tenderly bid farewell to the sea, sang the crooner on the radio.
— Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018 -
Donell Jones, a soul crooner from Chicago, co-headlines the show with Case.
— Bill Brownlee, kansascity, 22 May 2018 -
Leon is the crooner’s first full-length project since 2021’s Gold-Diggers Sound.
— Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024 -
Like many Americans, the country crooner conflates his crude, simplistic rhetorical style with sincerity.
— Stephanie Fairyington, The New Republic, 3 May 2018 -
Most thought the song was a blast and that the country crooner did a bang up job.
— Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2019 -
My father, the crooner, is always the life of the party, the class clown.
— New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021 -
At the arena show, Sinatra held the crowd in the palm of his hand, a crooner bar none.
— John Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022 -
The legendary crooner died on July 21 at the age of 96.
— Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 31 July 2023 -
Cowell was adamant that AGT addicts haven’t seen the last of the crooner.
— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2023 -
The cool one, the sweet one, the one everyone kind of likes, and other crooners.
— Ali Fitzgerald, The New Yorker, 27 June 2019 -
Kudos to those who booked Oakland’s flighty R&B crooner Kehlani and put her on, in a slot in the cool of the evening.
— A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021 -
But the 10 months the crooner spent in the home were, understandably, epic.
— Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2019 -
The singer’s older brother Chris Bryan, was killed in a car crash when the crooner was 19 years old.
— Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2018 -
Deep Ellum is a big part of the country crooner’s game.
— Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023 -
To McCarthy and Lowe's shock, legendary crooner Davis threw open the door.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024 -
One of them showed the country crooner playing guitar and singing to her as a child.
— Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023 -
Mike Parker Country crooner Mike Parker was the next singer to join the top 20.
— Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022 -
The set was marketed as the last from the crooner, who is now retired due to health issues.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022 -
Fans of the happy couple will no doubt be thrilled to hear the country crooner's sweet words about his wife.
— Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 19 July 2020 -
In October, the Huntsville venue will be the site of a tribute to country crooner Randy Travis.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2023 -
At home, the stereo was tuned to Top 40 (thanks to her mother), and classic crooners (for her father).
— Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Owned by the crooner for about two decades, the Mediterranean-style house is sharply dressed in monochromatic tones.
— Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 18 June 2019 -
The crooner’s Cincinnati date in March of last year was canceled due to the pandemic.
— Chris Varias, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2021 -
The crooner brings the Christmas cheer —and all the singing and dancing that goes along with it— to Netflix in November.
— Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2020 -
The clip then cut to the crooner in the studio, working on the same high-energy track on guitar in the studio.
— Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2022 -
The singer’s look and sound has its appeal, a kind of southern rap take on recent R&B crooners like Brent Faiyez.
— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024 -
The country crooner is the first to admit that his daughter is wise beyond her years.
— Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024 -
The crooner can always be found on one or two Billboard charts, as millions of listeners continue to buy and stream his work to this day.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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