coo
verb (used without object)
to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves.
is cooing
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present progressiveof coo (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In the tall maples a dove is cooing; the drowsy hum of the honey-bee is on the air.
From Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
At this very moment it is cooing away like mad at its declaration of undying love from its favourite haunt on the mantelpiece of one of the bedrooms.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman
The dove of holiness is cooing; O what a happiness to those who hear!
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
