coo
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
McCain also tried to extract sentimental details about the passionate romance between the Vances, for her audience to coo over.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025
Surfing YouTube for throat whistlers, Saxon came across a former circus performer named Paul “The Birdman” Manalatos who had developed a signature coo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
If at all possible, you should live in a place where you don't have to constantly be looking over your shoulder in fear while you coo at the baby.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
They coo and fuss over the infant, swap feeding and nappy-changing duties, and take turns to stay with him so one of them can get some sleep.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023
"Oh Jake, this apartment is perfect for us, just perfect," Grace Wexler argued in a whining coo.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
![]()
“It’s just my luck; I don’t have anything to wear,” Tyler coos in the chorus.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
In one of their most popular videos, the pair coos to the camera.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Leon coos in a knowing tone — it was an early call time today, in a couple years of early call times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
“Daddy’s taking movies again,” coos Nicole, who met Simpson when she was 18, as she cuddles her infant child on the beach.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
"Your language," the mother scolds absently, and then, as if the words were an endearment, she coos them at her granddaughter, "your language."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
![]()
As she peeled one away and put forward the next, she cooed about the baby: so beautiful, so healthy.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
“Hey, little muffin! Look at you,” he cooed as tiny Finn was toted into the picture, smoosh-face and all, carried by mama Kylie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
"Look at the children. They're so cute," she cooed.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
We may have collectively cooed over The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s televised 2018 marriage ceremony, but that is a once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza that decidedly will not repeat.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
"Never mind," she cooed, looking into my eyes.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
![]()
There were gurgling, cooing, month-and-a-half old newborns in Brooklyn and Westchester who had never known the soul-emptying pain of a crushing Knicks defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Instead, I’d laugh, cooing for more lemon to revel in those strong sensations over and over again.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2025
One of his favorites is the sound of cooing pigeons — pests to some, but also survivors who’ve adapted to survive on crumbs of kindness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Lipa wonders amid cooing backup vocals, and she goes on to rap, “Another girl falls in love/Another girl leaves the club.”
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
Arize walked from aisle to aisle, cooing, touching the plastic wrappings, picking out baby clothes, a pink pram, a plastic doll with blue eyes.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
![]()