brooding

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"Modern birds aren't 'better' at hatching eggs. Instead, birds living today and oviraptors have a very different way of incubation or, more specifically, brooding," Yang pointed out.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

Robert Duvall was a distinguished and prolific screen actor who lent a brooding intensity and grizzled authority to seven decades of American film-making.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Dexter went from sheltered son of a doctor to brooding child hipster who left home early to tour with big bands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Mr. Bryan’s brooding inward focus and hushed vocal phrasing align him more closely with indie-rock and confessional artists from years past, and he finds the country label limiting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Somehow the fire seemed to dispel the brooding mystery we had felt since the shower of rocks.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya