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

Is it not so—reply and tenderly, cooingly, oh Dove of Galway!

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

"I have never enjoyed an evening so much in my life, Jack," she said cooingly.

From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)

"You may go now, boys," she said cooingly; "I'll speak to you later."

From Apron-Strings by Gates, Eleanor

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 Glyn, Elinor