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Recent Examples of croon
Josh Miller, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
King’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which was about another controversial pop star in Queen’s Freddie Mercury, overcame all obstacles and opened to $51 million stateside and crooned to north of $216M U.S./Canada and $910.8M worldwide with four Oscar wins.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
This is not a musical where senior citizens walk on stage and croon heartily to advise the next generation.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
He’s joined by three women, one crooning into a microphone while the others engage in a deep conversation.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Some high-falutin’ folks croon about eating caviar with sour cream and potato chips.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
King’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which was about another controversial pop star in Queen’s Freddie Mercury, overcame all obstacles and opened to $51 million stateside and crooned to north of $216M U.S./Canada and $910.8M worldwide with four Oscar wins.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
This is not a musical where senior citizens walk on stage and croon heartily to advise the next generation.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025
He’s joined by three women, one crooning into a microphone while the others engage in a deep conversation.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for croon
Verb
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Her father had been a high school band director before becoming associate superintendent of the Fresno school district, and her mother, an administrator at California State University, sang in the church choir.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Although the members are assigned to a specific unit, each member might sing, rap and dance in the group; their unit is their specialty.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Eventually, Holman summoned everyone to the table and began his spoken word serenade with tales of New York, Kentucky, and Jewish identity.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Brazilian coastal metropolis has world-famous beaches worth singing serenades about—and many musicians have.—
Joel Balsam,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The whole montage was respectful and gracious, with a classical score, rather than a pop chipmunk warbling a sensitive ballad about dead people.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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Peggy Seeger’s 1957 recording of it is a brisk, warbling take with arpeggiated acoustic guitar — a classic example of the kind of carefree-songbird tunes from the early folk revival.—
Ben Sisario,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This intuitive device can automate lullabies and white noise on cue to comfort fussy babies, while daily reports track sleep habits including wake times and length of time.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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The new parents tried everything—rocking, feeding, lullabies—but nothing was working.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
Verb
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By the 16th century, drone also came to mean a dull, continuous humming sound, and later, someone blindly follows orders similar to a bee.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The Wolf & Shepherd Crossover Plain Toe Derby Shoes are $87 off and sharp enough for weddings or work trips.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2025
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The world’s second-largest economy continues to face a range of challenges, from job insecurity among the younger generation to sharp downturns in the property sector, once a cornerstone of the country’s economic growth.—
Hassan Tayir,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And salt works well to help the proteins in the beef pop with flavor.—
Shawn J. Sullivan,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Will duetting with Tate McRae — his first collab with any woman, let alone one from the top 40 world — open Wallen up to the larger pop world?—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The spiritual power ballad also drew 918,000 official U.S. streams in the tracking week.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
28 May 2025
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Dropped with enough time to reach the Billboard charts before fans rush to buy and stream the full-length, the ballad sadly didn’t perform very well via any major metric.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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“Croon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croon. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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