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Recent Examples of brooding
Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 27 Jan. 2026
Feldman had been asked whether his corpus of work, with its brooding slowness and trembling softness, had something to do with Jewish mourning in the wake of the Holocaust.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Owen Clarke, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026
While Robbie’s Cathy is spunky, stubborn, and independent, Elordi’s Heathcliff is brooding, desperate, and clingy.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
This isn't the one-note brooding, mysterious kind of troubled hero we're used to seeing.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 27 Jan. 2026
Feldman had been asked whether his corpus of work, with its brooding slowness and trembling softness, had something to do with Jewish mourning in the wake of the Holocaust.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Park officials say that brooding weather conditions could mean the firefall is now absent for a few days, possibly longer.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 18 Feb. 2026
While Robbie’s Cathy is spunky, stubborn, and independent, Elordi’s Heathcliff is brooding, desperate, and clingy.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooding
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The MorphoScan is even missing a couple of quality-of-life features present on the Etekcity scale, including a safe mode for pregnant women and pacemaker users that disables the BIA electrical current for weight-only measurements.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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They were later identified as 25-year-old Jennifer Alejandra Loera-Zarco, a pregnant woman, and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Marc Anthony Trejo Saldivar, according to the LA County DA's Office.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Boston was sitting next to Flavor Flav, who is a huge supporter of women’s sports.—
Doug Feinberg,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Typically, Hansen said, the sitting president would be OK with members of Congress in their own party distancing themselves from the White House.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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
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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
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By the early summer, most of the bass have finished spawning in the shallows and have now pushed back to deeper water to find their summer haunts.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Iconic Design The Panthella, by Scandinavian lighting brand Louis Poulsen, is a design that’s been celebrated since its launch in the ’70s, spawning many more mushroom lamps in the decades since.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Perhaps through feeling more irritable, more anxious, or wanting to isolate.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Had my symptoms maybe been put down to irritable bowel, for example, that could’ve been ongoing and ongoing and ongoing for a much longer period of time.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In Chicago, an entire franchise teeters on Bedard’s shoulders, with his youthful teammates propping up that expectant weight.—
Dan Robson,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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For expectant parents, that can mean safer deliveries and more confident medical teams in the room.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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After hatching, eaglets grow quickly and can reach approximately three feet in size in just over two months.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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One of the eggs the famous California birds were protecting began to show signs of hatching on April 3.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Brooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooding. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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