crooner

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Recent Examples of crooner Police in Fulton County, Georgia, arrested Rod Wave, the 26-year-old trap crooner whose real name is Rodarius Green, on Wednesday. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025 The crooner, who excelled across all the genres, is the second Black male artist to win the competition after Ruben Studdard took the title during the show’s second season in 2003. Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 19 May 2025 Specifically, the show lost its youngest competitor, Eagleville, Tennessee high school student, Mattie Pruitt, and Baltimore's gospel crooner, Gabby Samone. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 12 May 2025 Miley Cyrus has been touting her forthcoming album Something Beautiful as her magnum opus, and the Grammy-winning crooner hasn’t shied away from flexing her talents across a wide range of sounds in the lead-up to the album’s release. Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crooner
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Noun
  • The singer/songwriter was inducted into the San Diego Music Hall of Fame in 2024, hosts the ListenLocalRadio podcast and is a member of numerous bands.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
  • Wednesday is the latest acting credit for the singer, who led the films Joker: Folie à Deux, A Star Is Born and House of Gucci, and was in two seasons of FX’s American Horror Story.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Marsh male warbler simultaneously serenades its partner while grabbing a quick snack.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Cocaine trafficking was found to threaten the golden-cheeked warbler, and marmalade hoverflies continue to migrate through the Pass of Bujaruelo.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But Rose is a belter, or at least that is how her musical numbers have been traditionally performed.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
  • My voice is not really the typical Broadway belter or classic voice.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
    Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.
    Quartz, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • According to the song’s credits on Tidal, Yorke’s daughter Agnes is also featured as a backing vocalist.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 29 May 2025
  • Paving a new path for musicians is Nick Hexum, lead vocalist of multi-platinum rock band 311, who recently founded his own digital music platform, SKP.
    Andrea Zarczynski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooner. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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