coo
verb (used without object)
to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
cooed
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past participleof coo.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof coo.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cooverb (used without object)to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
Example Sentences
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As she peeled one away and put forward the next, she cooed about the baby: so beautiful, so healthy.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
"Look at the children. They're so cute," she cooed.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
They would be chops in less than a year, and Ms. Mahoney cooed to them between my questions.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
We may have collectively cooed over The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s televised 2018 marriage ceremony, but that is a once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza that decidedly will not repeat.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
Goring turned to Riefenstahl and cooed, “C’mon, my girl. There’s room here even for my belly.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
