brooded

Example Sentences

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He brooded over his verses, revising them for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He brooded over the dwindling supplies of clean water and that too many people were competing for too little of it.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

At the time, the face of the Lakers was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a moody soul who brooded a hundred times for every forced smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2022

According to some accounts, he had brooded over a demotion from sergeant after military censors intercepted a letter deemed to be critical of the conduct of the war.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2018

“I just don’t trust him,” Milo brooded in the plane, with a backward nod toward Orr, who was curled up like a tangled rope on the low bushels of chick-peas, trying torturedly to sleep.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller