croon
verb (used without object)
to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice.
were crooning
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past progressiveof croon.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Not that people back then were crooning full-length songs.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
As elegant as the musicianship was, the singers’ voices were weathered with age, and they were crooning about romances from decades past.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
A middle-aged man and wife were crooning to the horses.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
And all this time there had been a sound as of falling drops that seemed to be keeping time to a soft little melody the children were crooning.
From Dreamland by Julie Mathilde Lippmann
The white dove-house was shining with a fresh coat of paint, and the pigeons were crooning contentedly, flying down often to drink at the drip from the water tank.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
