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as in pregnant
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Recent Examples of brooding
Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Nolan produced the flick, and with Zack Snyder at the helm, Man of Steel brought us a more brooding, haunted Kryptonian strongman seemingly destined to wander the world a shell of himself.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
What the studio delivered was a minute and a half of steamy, erotic and brooding scenes between Elordi and Robbie.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Verb
That is the title of a striking piece of artwork hung high above the London skyline, depicting a brooding photograph of Mikel Arteta marking out something that looked like stream-of-consciousness ideas in black paint.
—Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Nolan produced the flick, and with Zack Snyder at the helm, Man of Steel brought us a more brooding, haunted Kryptonian strongman seemingly destined to wander the world a shell of himself.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
But the stark, brooding palette of Tortured Poets casts an unforgiving light on some of the least consistent writing of her career.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
What the studio delivered was a minute and a half of steamy, erotic and brooding scenes between Elordi and Robbie.
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooding
Verb
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During the more than two-hour conversation, Swift and Kelce spoke candidly while sitting side-by-side, providing rare insights into their relationship.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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The music created, in a packed living room, a sense of anticipation, like each of us was sitting at the highest point of a roller coaster, admiring the clouds for minutes at a time before being flung back to earth.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Veronique, a clever favorite, learns her lover is the king, becomes pregnant and is quietly married off, never to return.—
Ashlee Conour,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hager was pregnant during filming, which may have contributed to her departure.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While grunge seemed peevish, grim, defeatist, and dour—and extended the kind of us-vs.-them culture most famously centered by the indie rock of the ’80s and ’90s, Oasis was celebratory, communal, and democratic while exploring themes of alienation, escape, and fantasies of triumph.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
28 July 2025
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Thousands of people — displaced by disaster, their past lives gone up in smoke — are hostage to the whims of a peevish president who always puts his feelings first and cares nothing for the greater good.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
Verb
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Or can incubate one to the point of hatching?—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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After hatching, the larvae eat the living flesh.—
Dave Wessner,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, Helen is allowed to be irritable and anti-social, chain-smoking and snappish, without the filmmaker casting judgment.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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If you are rushed or irritable, say so.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sanders said, referring to an expectant audience.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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Franciscan Dyer to host free baby expo Franciscan Health Dyer is hosting a free baby expo for expectant families and new parents, a release said.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Brooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooding. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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