croon
verb (used without object)
to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice.
has crooned
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present perfectof croon (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Before the bout of self-criticism was over, the man who has crooned his way to a multimillion-dollar fortune even produced a suggestion for his own epitaph.
From Time Magazine Archive
He composed for Red Skelton something called I Dood It, and in his own tenor voice has crooned the merits of orange drinks and frankfurters for singing commercials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like any son of Naples, Leone enjoys singing; with ex-Premier Amintore Fanfani at the piano, he has crooned Neapolitan love songs to such visiting dignitaries as Averell Harriman and Harold Macmillan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Blatant Harry Richman has used it at Ben Marden's Riviera on the Hudson, many another has crooned it in similar clubs.
From Time Magazine Archive
There’s a psalm Nature has crooned to weariness and pain, Easing the tumult of the world-worn brain, Sweet, wholesome mother of the open palm.
From Sonnets and Songs by Helen Hay Whitney
