Word: croon
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...About talking to plants, my advice as author of five gardening books is this: talk, sing, croon to your plants-but also water, fertilize, cultivate, control insects and disease, provide proper light, temperature, humidity. If your plants talk back, then see a psychiatrist...
...Archdiocese of New York, many New Yorkers see their priests in the Father O'Malley image made popular by Bing Crosby in Going My Way three decades ago-a genial sort of fellow who solves parish problems so deftly that he has plenty of time to write and croon catchy tunes. Others, whether Catholic themselves or not, view priests as troubled souls who may soon debark from the ministry to marry, or simply as the impresarios of weekly bingo games...
...female rock singer, commanding as much as $50,000 a night. Like her idol Bessie Smith, Janis had a singing style as earthy as a streetwalker. There were myriad subtle ways in which her voice could range from a deep throaty groan to a high tender croon. When she licked into a phrase like "Oh, I'd be so good to ya, babe, yeah!" (Turtle Blues), there was no mistaking the kind of ecstasy she had in mind...
Perhaps the album's most startling moment is hearing the prophet who once sang Masters of War and The Times They Are AChangin' now croon his way like Bing Crosby into a classic from the 1930s...
...emphasis on youthful rebellion served to deepen the difference. Warner Brothers' contribution to flackery was several hundred students bused in to organize a demonstration. In the middle of a group of spectators and tough French cops, a small group of students unfurled some innocuous banners and began to croon, "All we are asking is give peace a chance." Then the protesters launched into a version of "We Shall Overcome." The cops had heard that one before, and scented trouble. One of them began to advance. The demonstrators gulped and retreated. With much trepidation, a student approached...