crooning
歌声,唱歌,吟唱,呱呱叫
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Definitions
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- : to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice: to croon to a baby.
- : to sing in an evenly modulated, slightly exaggerated manner: Popular singers began crooning in the 1930s.
- : to utter a low murmuring sound.
- : Scot. and North England. to bellow; low. to lament; mourn.
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- : to sing in a crooning manner.
- : to lull by singing or humming to in a soft, soothing voice: to croon a child to sleep.
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- : the act or sound of crooning.
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Examples
“I love the buttery crust, but I love the meat just as much,” they croon.
At first blush, it brings to mind the sultry, melancholic croon of Lana Del Rey.
He even enlists Mary J. Blige to croon an emotional bridge about how much he loves Mothah Killah.
Very few colleagues in either party would croon along with the Beach Boys that “I wish they all could be California Girls.”
“Scarlet Town,” a dark and hypnotic ballad, depicts a red-light district of the soul, with a hushed and craggy croon.
He called him the "Croon Prince" because the black crosses painted on his wings were of a more elaborate design than was usual.
Was there ever a mother who did not croon to her fretful child, and who did not rock her babe to sleep with rhythmic lullaby?
The music was quite lost here, and Persis hummed the tune herself; seemed to croon it into his very heart.
A quaint recitative of his own, which he generally contrived to vary each night, was the song, a loving croon of sleep and rest.
She continued to croon softly the lullaby which had belonged to her own babies: "Hushaby, sweet, my own—"