coo
verb (used without object)
to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
had cooed
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past perfectof coo.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“I am a big fan of yours,” Trump had cooed back in 2007 in a congratulatory letter.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2020
The world witnessed it in Brazil over the summer, and Wembley had cooed at his extravagant ability when he inspired Chile to a thumping friendly win against England last November.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2014
From Peking, after a meeting between Red Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi and eight visiting members of the Japanese Diet, came word that Chen had cooed a few hopeful words about peace talks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe my mother had cooed over me after all.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Corinne had cooed, wept, and then succumbed into an illness, but Breen had only replied: "No, let 'em paddle their own canoe."
From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Francis Hopkinson Smith
