broody
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The camera takes time to adore the young protagonists, to admire their excellent surfaces, to look them straight in their moody, broody, serious eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
"I'm so broody," the 29-year-old tells the BBC Access All podcast.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
Lucifer seemed likely to trounce broody hero Dream initially — until he asked, “What kills hope?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
“He’s just this broody, emotionless science man, but every two or three episodes, something happens, and they just make him feel all the emotions.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022
She was tucked under the bow, her eyes calm and broody.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Based on the books of Ann Cleeves, whose work is also the basis for the even moodier, broodier series “Shetland,” “Vera” is a cerebral, as opposed to violent or troubling, crime drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
But even so, some of the broodier sections failed to connect with a festival audience who just wanted to hear the hits.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
When asked if "The Batman" will be a "darker, broodier" entry, Serkis said, "I would say that's not far from the truth."
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
“Treme,” created by the same team that made “The Wire,” is broodier than “Memphis Beat” and far more ambitious, but it is also a lot less focused and digestible.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2010
Strings, central to the album’s arrangements, swell sweetly, but the song’s dominant motif is a muted, desultory piano figure that suggests Cat Power at her broodiest.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2012