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as in moping
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as in pregnant
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Recent Examples of brooding
Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
His brooding, blunt-force honesty represents everything that Charlie is not, and Cece begins to fall for him.
—Maxim Loskutoff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Fear of feedback leads to procrastination, denial, brooding, jealousy and self-sabotage.
—Andrew Geesbreght, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Their romances tend to be defined by toxic masculinity, indulging in fantasies of brooding, and sometimes violent men being drawn to unassuming, often overlooked women.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Released last November, the creative infused her brooding, futuristic sound into a full-fledged orchestral production.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
His brooding, blunt-force honesty represents everything that Charlie is not, and Cece begins to fall for him.
—Maxim Loskutoff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Fear of feedback leads to procrastination, denial, brooding, jealousy and self-sabotage.
—Andrew Geesbreght, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Their romances tend to be defined by toxic masculinity, indulging in fantasies of brooding, and sometimes violent men being drawn to unassuming, often overlooked women.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooding
Adjective
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Researchers discovered that babies born to mothers who ate avocados while pregnant were 44 percent less likely to develop food allergies by their first birthday compared to those whose mothers did not consume the fruit.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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People with asthma should meet with their prescribing provider before or shortly after becoming pregnant to discuss any necessary treatment changes.—
Corinne Savides Happel,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
Verb
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The Rockets came into Christmas Eve riding a three-game winning streak, now sitting at 20-9 and up to second overall in the Western Conference, behind just the Oklahoma City Thunder.—
Rahat Huq,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Coach Doc River played the role of Secret Santa by sitting the Bucks’ two biggest stars — Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was dealing with back spasms, and Damian Lillard, who was out with a non-COVID-19 illness.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Rojas’s recollections weren’t peevish—fine work was produced under these conditions.—
Ian Parker,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The songs are muscular and syncretic as ever, but the normally peevish rapper doesn’t maintain his trolling energy for the full record, settling into a questioning and pensive pace.—
Stephen Kearse,
TIME,
8 Dec. 2024
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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Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring.—
Seriously Science,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2017
Verb
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While she's become a pop culture phenomenon, spawning numerous parodies from Saturday Night Live, Ariana Grande and TikTok users online, Nara finds her own inspiration closer to home.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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That film was a box office hit, earning $136 million at the global box office and spawning four sequels.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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It is believed to reduce pain and inflammation, and has been used for treatment of back pain, high blood pressure, arthritis, migraines, and irritable bowel disease.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
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And even in what was a stilted match played in an increasingly irritable atmosphere, Rogers and Tielemans delivered with an assist each.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Breastfeeding Happy Hour support group: Hosted by the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program at the Florida Department of Health in Osceola County for expectant and new moms.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Murrays have noticed friends and family members becoming aware of expectant parents’ stress over the impact of tariffs.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The setting is practically an Elizabethan skatepark, well suited to the clashes between Romeo’s and Juliet’s irascible relatives and excitable pals.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2025
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Nottingham Forest, European champions in the two previous campaigns under the management of the irascible but brilliant Brian Clough, wanted to sign him — as did Liverpool.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Brooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooding. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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