cooing

Example Sentences

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“Nah,” I thought, as I watched the cooing baby in my arms.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

McVay making faces and cooing baby talk on a video call.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

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

The square in front of the mansion was empty except for the white doves, cooing and chasing each other around the fountain.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang