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Definition of Crooned
1. croon [v] - See also: croon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crooned
Literary usage of Crooned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mimma Bella by Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1909)
"One day, I mind me, now that she is dead, When nothing warned us of the dark
decree, I crooned, to lull her, in a minor key, Such fancies as first came into ..."
2. Idylls of Ireland: Some Celtic Legends Done Into Metre by Samuel Kennedy Cowan (1896)
"So crooned the ancient dame; and, as she crooned, With pliant fingers she plied
fitfully The web's loose threads; and many a time she marred As many as she ..."
3. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
"I crooned them low, beside her little bed; And the refrain was somehow " Come
with me, And we will wander by the purple sea;" I crooned it, and—God help me! ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"Low and soft, oh! very low and soft, crooned the blackbird in the orchard croft,
... crooned he. " Whom God's creatures love," the angel fair Murmured, ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"What good child is this," the angel said, " That with happy heart, beside her-bed,
Prays so lovingly Î " Low and soft, oh ! very low and soft, crooned the ..."
6. Mimma Bella by Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1909)
"One day, I mind me, now that she is dead, When nothing warned us of the dark
decree, I crooned, to lull her, in a minor key, Such fancies as first came into ..."
7. Idylls of Ireland: Some Celtic Legends Done Into Metre by Samuel Kennedy Cowan (1896)
"So crooned the ancient dame; and, as she crooned, With pliant fingers she plied
fitfully The web's loose threads; and many a time she marred As many as she ..."
8. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
"I crooned them low, beside her little bed; And the refrain was somehow " Come
with me, And we will wander by the purple sea;" I crooned it, and—God help me! ..."
9. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"Low and soft, oh! very low and soft, crooned the blackbird in the orchard croft,
... crooned he. " Whom God's creatures love," the angel fair Murmured, ..."
10. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"What good child is this," the angel said, " That with happy heart, beside her-bed,
Prays so lovingly Î " Low and soft, oh ! very low and soft, crooned the ..."
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