Adjective : a brooding frame of mind. ,Dusk fell on the brooding hills. From Dictionary.com.
At such times he was remarkably taciturn, and would sit in brooding silence or go almost immediately to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
But his brooding is interrupted when they arrive at the alumnuss well-appointed home and discover his would-be interviewer dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Magicians by Lev Grossman: Questions] Reference
In fact, my brooding was the creature of the last few hours, born of a childish pique. From Wordnik.com. [In the Valley] Reference
Mixed up with her brooding was a hatred of Carlotta, who seemed to be at the bottom of Prudence's troubles. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Term At St Clare's]
Mysticism, which may be defined as the brooding soul of the world, cannot fail of its oracular promise as to Woman. From Wordnik.com. [Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman.] Reference
As if the virtue were in brooding over. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake of Geneva] Reference
Aw geez, did I really plot for a page of 'brooding'?. From Wordnik.com. [Strangeways – Behind the Scenes – 04 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
I'm sure they'll find a good "brooding" type to play her. From Wordnik.com. [Holly Marie Combs as Catelyn? OR How a bunch of ASOIAF fans found out IMDb is user-editable] Reference
I said hello to Nexa, who was kind of brooding over in a corner. From Wordnik.com. [Enterprise Christmas Party (Part Three)] Reference
But first, let me check the definition of "brooding" in the dictionary. From Wordnik.com. [Paranoid Pedestrian Ponderings] Reference
Writers often describe him as "brooding," an adjective he dislikes intensely. From Wordnik.com. [Not the Usual Musical Suspect] Reference
Our coffee came and Kerry toyed with hers for a time, mostly in a kind of brooding silence. From Wordnik.com. [Hoodwink]
ACROSS the meadow in brooding shadow. From Wordnik.com. [The Watchman and Other Poems] Reference
Of the great trees, and hung in brooding there. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
On the translation of rachaph by "brooding," cf. Milton, P. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
She was sullen-sweet, with a kind of brooding magic in her ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Combined Maze] Reference
The question brings a kind of brooding self-consciousness to the poem. From Wordnik.com. [Blog of a Bookslut] Reference
I suppose Summit Entertainment was going for "brooding," but it came out more "boring.". From Wordnik.com. [From Inside the Box] Reference
Even Utsume is shown as some kind of brooding goth caricature, and not the mysterious soul that he turns out to be later. From Wordnik.com. [Anime News Network] Reference
Her crimson cap hung over her dark curls, her beautiful warm face, so still in a kind of brooding, was lifted towards him. From Wordnik.com. [Sons and Lovers] Reference
"A Dirge for Summer" has a marked originality, and is of that deep brooding which is particularly congenial to Gilchrist's muse. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
"brooding" here takes in its fine deep significance. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on John's Gospel] Reference
"brooding" is a figure of the mother dove brooding over her nest and cherishing her young. From Wordnik.com. [The One Great Reality] Reference
Our primary winter sports were reading and brooding. From Wordnik.com. [There’s No Place Like Home] Reference
As the season began in March, he was still brooding over last season's finale. From Wordnik.com. [The Sound Of The Fury] Reference
But Stone gives a nice, brooding performance -- a tip of the cowboy hat to "" Unforgiven. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Hear Me Roar] Reference
Yet there was none of the brooding quality about him that has marked other presidents under stress. From Wordnik.com. [Death Rattle For Health Reform] Reference
With my family out of town, I spent much of the past weekend brooding about a life spent watching sports. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Masterful] Reference
And by the end of last week he had kick-started the formerly brooding and feuding Lakers to a 5-2 record. From Wordnik.com. [Doing It Without The Man] Reference
The drollery of Costner's performance is his dare that we will fall for this brooding lout, which of course we do. From Wordnik.com. ['Waterworld': It Floats] Reference
Rootless youths seeking alienation beneath Seattle's brooding skies, but with plenty of girls to keep them company. From Wordnik.com. [Seattle Reigns] Reference
And consider how it would motivate shoppers knowing their companions were relaxing in comfort, not brooding or nursing anger. From Wordnik.com. [A New Sales Incentive] Reference
And it doesn't hurt that the 6-foot-2, brooding-eyed Banks, unlike the battle-scarred 50, looks like a teen idol in the making. From Wordnik.com. [HORIZONS UNLIMITED] Reference
Perot himself remained a silent, brooding presence over the party, unwilling to lead publicly but reluctant to let Ventura take over. From Wordnik.com. ['The Body' Slams His Party] Reference
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