In his hand he twirls a shillalah, and as he croons a ditty he wheels ever and anon to attack any one who treads on the tails of his coat.
There are weird gleams in her eyes as they rove over the sombre mountains, seeking kindred spirits, I fancy, as she croons in a monotone the notes of some quaint melody which still drifts across her brain.
Or where, with many a gurgling crook, It croons its woodland histories.
The balmy croons Of tender tunes Sing through the drowsy afternoons, And faint perfumes Of bursting blooms Haunt all the aisles of dying glooms!
Who is it that weeps for the last year's flowers When the wood is aflame with the fires of spring, And we hear her voice in the lilac bowers As she croons the runes of the blossoming?
And he croons in the pauses of toil, A shivering song of Fears, The lean black shades of Hope so fair Who weave her nets with her golden hair And harry her down the years.
Furio Piccirilli A typical mother-expression as she croons over her baby - such a dear one!
At Killybegs about the dunes Rustle the crispy grass and whin, And low the long tide croons and croons As it creeps out, as it creeps in.
The West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees is written to the lines of MacDowell's little poem entitled, To Maud.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "croons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
