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broody

[broo-dee] / ˈbru di /




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Stewart’s non-gender-conforming streak started to surface in her portrayal of broody heroine Bella Swan in the “Twilight” saga, which the actor said in a January interview with Variety had a “very Gothic, gay inclination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

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

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

Both are about female scientists who fall for, well, broody, emotionless science men.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 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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