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Recent Examples of brooding
Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Each of these paintings presents a burst of brightness against a brooding dark background, and each is mysterious.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
In the absence of Cavill’s brooding interpretation of Geralt, Hemsworth’s first season on the show looks way closer to Den of Thieves than to a Polish fantasy world.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Williams plays Dylan, a brooding bad boy.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Each of these paintings presents a burst of brightness against a brooding dark background, and each is mysterious.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
The folk vampire is not a suave dinner-jacket-wearing seducer, nor a sparkling, brooding hero.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
In the absence of Cavill’s brooding interpretation of Geralt, Hemsworth’s first season on the show looks way closer to Den of Thieves than to a Polish fantasy world.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooding
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Their indie folk band, The Hypsonics, released a gold record 12 years earlier, but just as their collective music career was about to take flight, Jennifer became pregnant with their now 12-year-old daughter, Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport).—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Medullary bone is temporary tissue that forms inside a cavity in long bones of birds and dinosaurs to provide calcium for eggshells, and was previously used in research to identify a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex in 2016.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The reason for the parade of customers, many of them first-time visitors, was the boxes of free fruits and vegetables -- apples, tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes and onions -- sitting atop two tables and inside multiple boxes under them.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
4 Nov. 2025
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Zhang said that North America and Europe now comprise close to 40% of the company’s revenue after sitting at zero just a few years ago.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 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
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Back to the Future was a massive success, spawning two sequels, while Family Ties ended in 1989.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most cases clear up on their own without complications, but parents should contact a doctor if a child cannot keep fluids down, has a high fever lasting more than a few days or seems unusually drowsy or irritable.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Also known as irritable hip, the condition is due to inflammation of the hip joint lining.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The maternity concierge serves as a liaison, guiding expectant parents through the multifaceted stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, alleviating anxiety and stress while assisting families in navigating the journey.—
MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Fedorus recalled her initial concerns as a then-expectant parent in a personal essay for the CBC.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For example, fever baby turtles in Raine Island, Australia are hatching.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2025
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The two theories triggered widespread alarm in the comment section, with viewers imagining what might be hatching above the woman's hotel bed.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Brooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooding. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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