Example Sentences

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Grandmas will coo over grandsons who have doubled in age since they last saw them.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

“They like it when St. John’s does well. Wilfred will coo all the way home,” Stock said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2014

The wicked wit Foote parodied the line, thus "The turtles will coo when there's pease in their craws," And actually destroyed the popularity of the song.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

At you he roars, or he will coo, He shouts and screams when hell is hot, Riding on the shell and shot.

From Country Sentiment by Graves, Robert