- present participle of coo.
cooing
Example Sentences
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A furry AI pet batted its eyelashes at cooing onlookers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead, I’d laugh, cooing for more lemon to revel in those strong sensations over and over again.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 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 sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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