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verb

Definition of croonnext
as in to sing
to produce low, soft musical tones with the voice croon a lullaby a singer crooning onstage

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noun

as in serenade

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Recent Examples of croon
Verb
His coffee shop crooning is a transparent exercise in personal rebranding. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Mar. 2026 The minute-long clip, shared on June 10, shows Langley crooning the late '90s ballad while accompanying herself on piano. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Noun
For 20 years, Joey Ramone’s hiccupping croon and Johnny Ramone’s relentless power chords kept on and on for 14 albums and more than 2,000 shows. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 May 2026 While the entire band was a powerhouse, as lead singer Malo brought not only strong, soulful vocals that could veer between a Roy Orbison-esque baritone croon and country twang, but a genial humor that often manifested itself during the group’s concerts. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for croon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croon
  1. sing
  2. serenade
  3. warble
  4. lullaby
  5. hum
  6. ballad
  7. sharp
  8. chant
Verb
  • The rivalry is so intense that overnight in Mexico, fans played instruments, sang, and made as much noise as possible outside the Ecuador team hotel to deprive the squad of sleep.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Members of the Orange Army danced, sang, marched and partied, saying their iconic celebrations were a way to bring joy to the World Cup, regardless of the outcome on the pitch.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of sing
Noun
  • Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings.
    — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026
  • Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Definition of serenade
Verb
  • Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
    — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
  • The track begins with Winter’s distinct vocals warbling and wobbling over a tender percussion groove.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Definition of warble
Noun
  • Later, piano slices through the fog with a supernatural three-note lullaby that springs just off the beat, racing forward through the song’s misty backdrop.
    — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • Check out this 1997 live TV version of Paranoid Android, which veers from lullaby to apocalypse within the space of a few minutes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 May 2026
Definition of lullaby
Verb
  • Increasingly, the crux of the debate around AI’s sustainability has been focused on data centers, which make the nebulous concept of AI very concrete with their massive, humming warehouses full of servers and huge energy requirements.
    — Sasha Luccioni, Time, 3 July 2026
  • Project Bluestem Data centers emit humming sounds from generators, fans and other equipment.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Definition of hum
Noun
  • Hart went into writing the ballad with that information, but the rest was up to him.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • These songs were less detailed than the ballads but conveyed intense emotion gleaned from an often hardscrabble existence.
    — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of ballad
Verb
  • Why would sharp-as-nails med school grads opt toward a presumably dead-end occupational route?
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of sharp
Noun
  • Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • For a few weeks this summer, that’s become a Kansas chant, too.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Definition of chant

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