brooder
Example Sentences
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On a recent weekday, Ben White, manager of the coho salmon recovery program at Warm Springs, gazed into a tank boiling with frisky, 2-pound brooders used for spawning and sighed.
From Los Angeles Times
A stubbly brooder and walking red flag, Frank specializes in lustful glances and angsty conversations.
From New York Times
He is not, unlike his mentor — and, indeed, like essentially all of his peers in the Premier League these days — much of a brooder and a bristler.
From New York Times
Foundation member Joel Warner, who lives outside of Troy, operates four pheasant brooders on his property.
From Seattle Times
Harry has a puppet master, a brooder named Campbell, who happens to be a cousin of Cassandra and Allie, as well as a total creep.
From The New Yorker
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