Meaning & use
Crooned
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Sang or hummed in a soft, low, sentimental voice, typically of popular ballads.
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The lounge singer crooned old standards as couples swayed on the dance floor.
She crooned a lullaby until the baby finally drifted off to sleep.
A note on using this word
Strongly associated with mid-20th-century pop singers like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, whose style became known as 'crooning.'
Words with a similar meaning
sang softlywarbled
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beltedshouted
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