broody
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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
The pink-hued Warner Bros. movie was pitted against Christopher Nolan’s broody “Oppenheimer” in the cinematic standoff now known as “Barbenheimer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023
Every sneaker-staring, guitar-hugging kid with a broody set of love songs who wants to stand up and play, drifts into this city.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2023
Robert Pattinson gets back to his vampire roots in “The Batman,” in which he plays the title character with the same moody, broody intensity he brought to his breakout role in “Twilight.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022
Will often go broody; excellent for raising chicks from fertile eggs.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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