cooing

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

You could hear them cooing inside the courtroom as they flipped through children's books.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Waking up to the sounds of Princess Peach giggling or Zelda softly cooing “wake up,” is, yes, odd, but I appreciate the burst of frivolity before I start worrying about my to-do list.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer