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broody

[broo-dee] / ˈbru di /




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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

Her latest collaboration is with the broody goth-pop songwriter Jessie Murph, and they take mutual delight in slinging radio-unfriendly words in “Texas,” one of Murph’s typically dark, unhappy accusations.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

She was tucked under the bow, her eyes calm and broody.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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