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Recent Examples of brooding
Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
A lot of it came down to Adam, a brooding alcoholic, who was often unpredictable in his behavior.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Chris Willman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Baha Mar is large in stature, sure—and Rosewood is part of a three-hotel complex across the bay from Atlantis, which looms large and brooding over its own end of the water as everything Baha Mar does not want to be—dated, dark, and reminiscent of Spring Break Past.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
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Adjective
Channeling ’90s slowcore and post-rock into gorgeously brooding odes to dejection, the Chicago quartet’s debut is downer music at its most alluring.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
A lot of it came down to Adam, a brooding alcoholic, who was often unpredictable in his behavior.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
Then the climax subsides for a lovely coda of strings, accompanied by a denouement in which the now casually clad, contemporary-looking singer smashes up her play set in the apartment where she’s presumably been brooding over all this stuff.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Baha Mar is large in stature, sure—and Rosewood is part of a three-hotel complex across the bay from Atlantis, which looms large and brooding over its own end of the water as everything Baha Mar does not want to be—dated, dark, and reminiscent of Spring Break Past.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooding
Adjective
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Judith Lightfoot Clarke and Greg Wood carry themselves with peevish authority as the Butley, oozing entitlement.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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The childishness of his expressions infantilized a genuinely vicious regime, painting it as more peevish than petrifying.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Brianna, who was 9 months pregnant at the time of the incident, gave birth four days before her arraignment, her attorney said, ClickonDetroit reported.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Bardem plays the sociopathic ex-convict, Max Cady, recently released after a 17-year stint for killing his pregnant wife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Verb
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And sitting behind us was Gene Shalit.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Many businesses are profitable on paper but cash-poor because money owed is sitting uncollected.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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But Maguire, now 43, became sad and irritable, and didn’t want to be around his newborn.—
Keith Wagstaff,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Additionally, Owens' youngest child, Titus, who was just a toddler when his mother died, was confused, irritable and inconsolable in the weeks after her death, Dias shared.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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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Grunion are known to make a faint squeaking noise while spawning.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
1 June 2026
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Like Heated Rivalry before it, Off Campus became an instant sensation, spawning a passionate fanbase that’s ready to see how the rest of Kennedy’s books might be adapted in future seasons.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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For the first time, that includes In Living Color vet Kim Wayans, going large as irascible hospital staffer Nurse Ratchett.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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No true irascible aging genius worth his salt is without a ready supply of white socks brightening up the chest of drawers.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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In pictures, Taylor Parker looked like a happy expectant mom with her boyfriend Wade Griffin.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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That means there are precautions that expectant fathers can take that don’t involve testosterone replacement therapy (TRT).—
Keith Wagstaff,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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“Brooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooding. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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