coo
verb (used without object)
to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
Example Sentences
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We are, as the wife of Stuart Murdoch — lead singer of the band Belle and Sebastian — cooingly calls it, in “fairyland.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023
Henry," she said, cooingly, kneeling down beside him and taking his hand, "will you promise me something, please.
From The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn
His proposition was received with a shout of Homeric laughter: and Sylvain Kohn cooingly protested that no man should touch a woman, even with a flower, etc., etc.
From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Gilbert Cannan
At any rate, as she talked cooingly on about her daughter, he would have found her tiresome for once but for some arresting quality in that small, distant figure.
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Mrs. Humphry Ward
"You may go now, boys," she said cooingly; "I'll speak to you later."
From Apron-Strings by Eleanor Gates
