brooding
Example Sentences
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“Heathcliff was brooding but she said, ‘What if he wasn’t brooding?’
From Los Angeles Times
On a surface level, I think Brontë created an archetype that has lived on — the brooding, possessive self-made man type.
From Los Angeles Times
Dexter went from sheltered son of a doctor to brooding child hipster who left home early to tour with big bands.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Bryan’s brooding inward focus and hushed vocal phrasing align him more closely with indie-rock and confessional artists from years past, and he finds the country label limiting.
Its character is somber and brooding, partly because of its materials—precast concrete, finely sandblasted to suggest dark gray stone—and partly because of the deep shadows they cast.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
