brooded
Example Sentences
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He brooded over his verses, revising them for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
These widely circulated comments are often received in isolation, to be interpreted without context and brooded over in silence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
Most of the time, however, they waited and brooded.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2020
Mr. Boehner, who resigned in 2015 under pressure from conservative Republican hard-liners, had some adjusting to do after he left the speakership, and, as recently as 2017, brooded about his purpose in life.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2019
The marching stones faded slowly from sight, but still beyond them, blacker than the gloom, brooded the vast crouching shadow of the Dwimorberg.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
