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How to use coo in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb, interjection

Coo means the murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon. Example: “An infant has only cries and coos with which to communicate distress and well-being.”

Examples of coo by meaning

nounAn expression of pleasure made by a person.

  • An infant has only cries and coos with which to communicate distress and well-being.2001, Denton L. Roberts, Caddy Roberts-Williams, “What You Need to Know to Be Useful”, in Living as Healer: (Everyone Does Therapy and...

verbTo make a soft murmuring sound, similar to a dove or pigeon.

  • As Norah Jones coos sweet nothings on the soundtrack, the happy couple—played by Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler—canoodle through a Manhattan montage, making pasta for two, swimming through a pile of autumn leaves, and horsing around at a fruit stand.2014 June 26, A. A Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the...

verbTo speak in an admiring fashion, to be enthusiastic about.

  • They were too busy cooing over the baby and his parents were too busy cooing over each other.2013, Nicola Cornick, chapter 14, in One Night with the Laird (Harlequin HQN Historical Romance), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin HQN, →ISBN

interjectionAn expression of approval, surprise, etc.

  • "Coo!" she said, having returned to terra firma and taken aboard a spot of breath.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
  • Coo, I've only had four gallons of extra caffeine coffee today so I'm not my usual talking-to-PR-girlies-for-hours-on-end self.1990 April, “Crash Readers’ Awards Ceremony”, in Oliver Frey, editor, Crash: ZX Spectrum, number 75, [Ludlow, Shropshire]: Newsfield...

More sentences with coo

  • “What my Poopsy wants, my Poopsy gets,” she’d always cooed to him.2014, Karen Wiesner, Foolish Games (Family Heirlooms Series; 3), →ISBN, pages 31–32. From the entry poopsy
  • The silence continued for another quick moment before Leah cooed loudly.2011, India Lee, Hidden Gem, →ISBN, page 180. From the entry presh
  • The sight of this tough-looking kid cooing and Eskimo-kissing a puppy made Dell smile.2001, Janet McDonald, Spellbound, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry Eskimo-kiss
  • “Let’s talk dirty to the animals!” coos the woman in her most Mary Poppinsesque voice.1995 January 31, Michael Tatum, “Pryor, Radner shine in Warner Bros. comedy album re-releases”, in Daily Bruin, 84th year, number 63, page…. From the entry Mary Poppinsesque
  • “Coo!” she said, having returned to terra firma and taken aboard a spot of breath.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII. From the entry terra firma
  • From a big msasa tree that shaded the veranda a pigeon was cooing regularly.1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 285. From the entry msasa
  • It stays for an hour, cooing, then flies away, none knows whither.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry cuckoo
  • In the eaves, dove coos a rockabye song.2018, Candace Pearson, “In the Barn”, in Joanne Randolph, editor, Poems about Nature, Rosen Publishing, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry rockabye
  • “Ah my little passion fruit,” José cooed, “I knew it.2009, Marnelle Tokio, Room 207. From the entry passion fruit
  • She tucked it back and went away and he heard her cooing to old Breaux on the sofa.1999, Ray Murphy, Empire and Victory. From the entry thighward
  • "What're you after, boy?" Jake cooed.2023, J. D. Arnold, Rawhide Jake: Learning the Ropes, →ISBN. From the entry nose around
  • A big beautiful blond woman cooed about Always Maximum Protection with Flexi-Wings, a maxipad designed especially for women sizes 14 and up.2009, Wendy Shanker, The Fat Girl's Guide to Life. From the entry maxipad
  • “Let Mommy wipe your little mouthy-wouffy.” She cooed and gagged at the same time while wiping the rat’s mouth off with a wet wipe as if it were a toddler.2006, Denise Hildreth, chapter 7, in Savannah by the Sea, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry mouthy

Meaning of coo

  1. noun The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.
  2. noun An expression of pleasure made by a person.
  3. verb To make a soft murmuring sound, similar to a dove or pigeon.

Full definition of coo

Questions about coo in a sentence

How do you use coo in a sentence?
Coo is used as a noun, verb and interjection. For example: “An infant has only cries and coos with which to communicate distress and well-being.”
What is a short sentence with coo?
“"What're you after, boy?" Jake cooed.”
What does coo mean?
Coo means the murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coo (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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