But Cohen, her face framed by thick bangs and cat's-eye glasses, exudes a nostalgic, earnest warmth as she presides over the tiny space, welcoming regulars — including, one evening, the restaurant's "mayor" on Foursquare — and newcomers alike; with Simon and Garfunkel crooning softly in the background and a breeze coming in through the bay windows, it's enough to make anyone feel at home.
Crosby's lilting nonchalance owed much to the microphone, which allowed him to croon softly instead of belting out his numbers opera-style.
When singing numbers he knew well, like a softly crooned "Wild Is the Wind," Mr. Charles connected with them.
Yuan Zhou, 14, softly crooned a pop chorus, but drew a blank look from her audience: a 14-foot robot named Girlzilla.
That she could softly croon and had a superbly modulated sense of phrasing is evident from her early recordings and from her rare film appearances, like "Alexander's Ragtime Band".
During this rampant orgy of hormonally inflated puns, even the tiniest organisms squirm and wriggle in a reproductive frenzy: Each amoeba Softly croons, 'Ach du lieber,' While the proud little termite Feels as large as a worm might.
I have been longing since 2003 to find out what happened to Per and Andrea; the news that Price has finished the first draft of a third Sterkarm book but will need to cast around for a publisher before ever it sees the light of day causes me to rock and moan softly, crooning "Send it to ME! To me, to ME!" over and over again like some demented literate pigeon.
It is written in the key of D major and Swift's vocals span one octave, from A3 to B4. Swift croons "Love Story" softly and sweetly, with a slight twang that defines the song to be country music.
In the middle of Mr. Bublé's set Naturally 7 returned to the stage and surrounded him with softly humming harmonies as he crooned a rendition of "Star Dust" that evoked Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers flavored with distant echoes of Billy Ward and the Dominoes.
