brooding
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His strong voice and dark brooding looks led to a public obsession that became known as Bruelmania.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Its internal speaker plays a rumbling soundtrack that sends the drumsticks attached to the instrument flittering, giving the sense of a ghostly presence tapping out a brooding dirge.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Parkkonen, who appears on stage as enigmatic and brooding while lamenting his unanswered love next to a flaming confessional, hoped the song will serve as "a helping hand".
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
She raises up a heating pad — nicknamed Jake Ryan after the brooding heartthrob in “Sixteen Candles” — that’s been warming her body.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
He was not crying any more, but he seemed to be brooding on something shameful and sullen.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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