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Kuo would croon standards like “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Weir’s playing was nimble and intuitive, his voice a sly croon that got appealingly craggy with age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 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

There are several performance scenes that showcase Madekwe’s ability to croon in a convincing limber lilt but little engagement with his actual music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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

Her story: Parton’s greatest contribution to the movie might have been its title—and the song she wrote for it, in which she croons about grabbing herself a “cup of ambition.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"It's my country, my fate, my dream," croons a singer.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Now, as I ride through Koreatown, Alicia Keys croons, “Everything’s gonna be all right.”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Lockwood depicts the trajectory of illness through the kind of surrealism that sparked Plath’s “Ariel”; so much depends on how well you absorb the loony-tune Lockwood croons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The wholesome Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes have been taught in classrooms, crooned in karaoke bars and used in U.S.-China diplomacy for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Diplomatic wheels, it seemed, were in motion, even as the lack of detail left many around the world with suspicious minds, as Elvis once crooned.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

They have crooned to covers of Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter, danced in the style of K-pop stars and pretended to have beef with other boy bands—and Katy Perry, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

TVs across the state blared what became known as the “banjo ad,” in which a country singer crooned that Newby would bring “justice tough but fair.”

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

“That was not very nice, children,” she crooned.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Boleros are ballads noted for their slow tempo and romantic lyrics accompanied by a crooning vocal style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

For many, the waterfront that Lebanese singer Fairouz immortalised in 1961 -- crooning about "the coast of Alexandria, coast of love" -- is no more.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

The label is fitting in part on a literal level because Gunn ends his movie on Superman’s smiling face with the song “Punkrocker,” which features Iggy Pop crooning, “I’m a punkrocker, yes I am.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

No amount of Kate Bush’s heroic crooning will save them.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025

The woods are quiet except for our crunching footsteps and a crooning mockingbird somewhere in the trees.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson