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Recent Examples of croon
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
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
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Verb
Johansen started over with a NYC lounge act as Buster Poindexter, crooning R&B oldies in a tux and pompadour.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for croon
Verb
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In 1933, Berg ran what amounted to a Very Special Episode: a full Seder, sung by a real cantor, which Pepsodent, her sponsor, agreed to air without ads.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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After a medley of his hits, sung by John Legend, will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, among others, Stone came onstage in a white mohawk, sunglasses and a metallic duster, with a cast on his right hand.—
Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The internet had been buzzing with rumors that her seductive serenade during the R&B superstar’s live performance sparked a breakup with a supposed husband, but Tillman is calling it all fan fiction.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Yoon’s serenade was meant to showcase his easy rapport with Washington, reinforcing Seoul’s strategic ties with the US.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN Money,
3 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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The reality dance star turned pop singer went from having her honor defended by housemate Chris Hughes on Celebrity Big Brother UK after homophobic comments from actor Mickey Rourke to breaking up with then-partner Kath Ebbs at the show’s wrap party and then partnering up with Hughes.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 June 2025
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In a recent episode of The Interview podcast by The New York Times with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Cyrus shared why, unlike so many other pop stars, she's never started her own makeup line.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
3 June 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 12 Jun. 2025.
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