Example Sentences

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The dove of holiness is cooing; O what a happiness to those who hear!

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

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 Seaman, Owen, Sir

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 Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)