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[broo-dee] / ˈbru di /




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Over four albums, Cook and Doherty supplied a dizzying architecture of synth soundscapes that she filled with broody lyrics and her clarion vocals.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

The “La La Land” and “The Notebook” star, who is a noted musician as well, then took a seat behind a large black piano and donned dark sunglasses for the broody satire.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Every sneaker-staring, guitar-hugging kid with a broody set of love songs who wants to stand up and play, drifts into this city.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023

When British boy band One Direction, assembled on British talent show “The X Factor” in 2010, disassembled in early 2016, many assumed that beautiful, broody Zayn Malik would be the group’s breakout star.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2022

Will often go broody; excellent for raising chicks from fertile eggs.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones




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