brood over
Example Sentences
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But they act out their past more than they brood over it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
So you just brood over it and have real honest conversations every night?
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
They brood over the story of Linear B, an ancient Greek script thought indecipherable until the 1950s.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2021
Phoebe is one of the gang of seven who lost their real jobs in the Great Recession of 2008 and now meet for lunch every Wednesday to brood over their freelance careers.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2019
He was lonely for his wife’s company and political advice: “I want to sit and converse with you about our debates every evening. I sit here alone and brood over political probabilities and conjectures.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
