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

He was awkward, brooding and uneasy outside his eccentric family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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

O’Neill resolves the triangular conflict with a combination of religious fervor, metaphoric brooding and scabrous humor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

When I came back, Oliver was sitting in a booth by the window, brooding as he stared at the table.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows