crooning

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Crooning “We’ll Meet Again” next to country star Toby Keith and inventor Dean Kamen on Stephen Colbert’s lauded send off.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2015

Crooning a song that suggests the darker side of Jacques Brel, Ms. Monheit cast a funereal chill.

From New York Times • May 24, 2013

Crooning the 1979 hit “One Way or Another,” she added an update.

From New York Times • May 21, 2011

Crooning in the background were the Augusta Singers, a group of black balladiers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then all his sorrow died; but not for long,   For soon again the spirit voice he heard, Crooning all day a little cradle song,   With happiness and love in every word.

From Fleurs De Lys, and Other Poems by Weir, Arthur