cooings

There were cooings and 'bello's' and smiles and 'ciaos' and then he tottered back and sat down bump on the picnic rug.

Archive 2006-12-01 2006

There were cooings and 'bello's' and smiles and 'ciaos' and then he tottered back and sat down bump on the picnic rug.

What I cooked last night. 2006

And a footman, poodle, and French governess: who had all been for two or three minutes listening to the billings and cooings of these imprudent young lovers.

The Bedford-Row Conspiracy 2006

The air from the garden outside was full of murmurings and cooings.

The Years 2004

In the meantime the doctor and Mark stood talking together on the rug before the fire; the two mothers sat contented, watching the billings and the cooings of their offspring — and Lucy sat alone, turning over the leaves of a book of pictures.

Framley Parsonage 2004

Some sweet notes struck my ears, which I had never before heard, and the amorous cooings of the turtle doves were unceasing We hastened to the river, and eagerly descended its low banks to allay our thirst.

Travels in Nubia 2004

From the sweetness and delicacy of the reception atmosphere — the polite cooings, posturings, and mouthings so charming to contemplate, so alluring in her — she had dropped on the instant to that native animal condition that shows itself in fear.

The Titan 2004

They implored for wind with cooings, with petulant whistlings, and with gentle but novel objurgations.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

Cries of joy went up from the Colwells and they redoubled their strokings and cooings while Roopy, his big spaniel eyes liquid and pathetic, gazed around him at each of us in turn.

Every living thing Herriot, James 1992

The silence between them grew, accentuated by the night sounds of the jungle - the cricket chirpings, the bird cooings and callings that were so seldom heard in the heat of the day.

River Of Desire Taylor, Abra 1982