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
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
Ms. Lemann was a friend and acolyte of Percy, but where “The Moviegoer” is brooding, “Lives of the Saints” is madcap.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
From the first notes of its new single “Specter” — a brooding vocal workout for Sebastian that ended on pulverizing riffs — Bad Omens used cutting-edge tools and underground influence to elicit arena-rock catharsis.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
He pulled nervously at an earlock, his eyes dark and brooding.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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