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Recent Examples of croon
Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Stations across the country ignored his request, filling the sound waves with Elvis’s deep, crooning rock-and-roll take on the classic.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Fan video of the special moment found Harlow, dressed in a dark double-breasted suit with a light blue shirt and black tie, expertly crooning the song over the sweep of strings to whoops of delight from the audience.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
With every command the singer crooned into the mic, his guitar wailed right back.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
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Verb
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
Stations across the country ignored his request, filling the sound waves with Elvis’s deep, crooning rock-and-roll take on the classic.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Fan video of the special moment found Harlow, dressed in a dark double-breasted suit with a light blue shirt and black tie, expertly crooning the song over the sweep of strings to whoops of delight from the audience.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
With every command the singer crooned into the mic, his guitar wailed right back.
—Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 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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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
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Brown and Davis danced to a serenade by their friend, Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom Jr., who was accompanied by Dr. Richard Schectman.Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 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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Twain chose to write a lullaby to commemorate his adult daughter, which Stephen recites to himself wading waist-high in the Ligurian Sea.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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Luckily, a lullaby by her mom is filled with magic that sends her off into a slumber filled with adventurous dreams.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Verb
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The end-of-year flex of consumer strength marks the latest indication of resilient U.S. buying power, which has kept the economy humming despite a prolonged stretch of high interest rates.Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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The pressure and spotlight will fixate on the player most likely to succeed Gabriel, who in his one year with the program finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting and kept Oregon’s offense humming after the record-setting year by Bo Nix in 2023.Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 5 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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The songwriting in pop has been incredibly inspiring over the past few years.Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
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Burnett deliberately stayed away from the trend of pairing veteran artists with a raft of current pop chart toppers to appeal to the broadest possible audience.Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Melodically, this pensive, pop-tinged ballad makes the most of Wallen’s polished falsetto and heartfelt vocal rendering.Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2025
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But there was other live music on board, from rock ballads in the Explorers’ Lounge to upbeat soul and funk tunes, which had everyone dancing in the Torshavn Bar.Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Croon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croon. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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