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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.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
22 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.
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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.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
Nor is he connected to the brooding himbo Ben Reilly, voiced by Andy Samberg in the latter of those films (though the association is amusing considering Samberg once did a dead-on Cage impression on Saturday Night Live).
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brooding
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Judith Lightfoot Clarke and Greg Wood carry themselves with peevish authority as the Butley, oozing entitlement.
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The childishness of his expressions infantilized a genuinely vicious regime, painting it as more peevish than petrifying.
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While most recover, some — particularly young babies, pregnant people and those with weak immune systems — are at higher risk of developing dangerous complications such as pneumonia, brain swelling, blindness or even death.
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While most recover, some — including young babies, pregnant people and those with weak immune systems — are at higher risk of developing dangerous complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, blindness or even dying.
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In Taiwan, a student sitting for an entrance exam for a top medical school was discovered wearing smart glasses after proctors noticed the student staring oddly at the test, leading to an inspection that revealed the frame was emitting heat.
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But yeah, just being out in the world, interacting with the real world, just sitting at a café and watching people and reading alone — just being a participant in real life — has been really helpful.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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They can be withdrawn or irritable.
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About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities.
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Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth.
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
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New church Less than a generation later, the Protestant Reformation transformed Christianity, dividing Europe and spawning brutal violence.
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For the first time, that includes In Living Color vet Kim Wayans, going large as irascible hospital staffer Nurse Ratchett.
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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.
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Too often, however, the information given to expectant parents has not kept pace.
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Parker was her friend, wedding photographer and a fellow expectant mom.
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“Brooding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooding. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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