brooding
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Brooding and mysterious, hunky and conflicted, he was written in a way that all but guaranteed viewers would be instinctively drawn to him.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022
“Julia Ducournau killed it. Brooding, shocking & cinematic,” he tweeted.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021
Brooding over it is one of England’s finest castles, an impressive ring of towers and crenellations around a Norman keep.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2016
Brooding at times, buoyant at others, they feel consumed by pressing issues of mortality.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2016
Brooding his friend asked, “Are there names in the dark realms?”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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