croon
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Kuo would croon standards like “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
More recent interpreters underline the song’s vast reach, from Harolyn Blackwell’s operatic radiance and Norah Jones’s hushed Tanglewood version to Kenny Barron’s pensive piano meditation and Willie Nelson’s weathered country croon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” felt like a gentle croon as compared to the frantic desperation of the original, but still felt decisive.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
After watching Al Green croon, I walked out of an enclosed VIP area at the Banc of California Stadium to meet Drakeo, who had just arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2025
Somewhere, at a great distance, she heard a small voice croon: “There, there.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Annie Tarin, a University of Arizona student, made a viral montage set to Chappell Roan’s “The Subway,” in which the pop star croons about a former soulmate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"It's my country, my fate, my dream," croons a singer.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The eight-minute “Actress” is an aural trip that croons of a lazy wannabe-actress, before it climbs to rocking, triumphal heights with a soaring string section.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now, as I ride through Koreatown, Alicia Keys croons, “Everything’s gonna be all right.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Caesar croons, “Will you come with us, Anna, George’s dear?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Last summer, a viral Tiktoker crooned, “I’m looking for a man in finance, trust fund, six-five, blue eyes,” turning spreadsheet warriors into the season’s most eligible bachelors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The wholesome Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes have been taught in classrooms, crooned in karaoke bars and used in U.S.-China diplomacy for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Diplomatic wheels, it seemed, were in motion, even as the lack of detail left many around the world with suspicious minds, as Elvis once crooned.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
TVs across the state blared what became known as the “banjo ad,” in which a country singer crooned that Newby would bring “justice tough but fair.”
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
“Oo-oo- ooo,” Cammy crooned, upon being presented with a box.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Boleros are ballads noted for their slow tempo and romantic lyrics accompanied by a crooning vocal style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
For many, the waterfront that Lebanese singer Fairouz immortalised in 1961 -- crooning about "the coast of Alexandria, coast of love" -- is no more.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The label is fitting in part on a literal level because Gunn ends his movie on Superman’s smiling face with the song “Punkrocker,” which features Iggy Pop crooning, “I’m a punkrocker, yes I am.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Wednesday's news conference was staged at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, a venue that hosted Frank Sinatra at his crooning peak and Miss Universe pageants during Miami Beach's mid-century boom.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
He heard her crooning tenderly to him, some Ravkan lullaby.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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