brooded
Example Sentences
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He brooded over his verses, revising them for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
He brooded over the dwindling supplies of clean water and that too many people were competing for too little of it.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
These widely circulated comments are often received in isolation, to be interpreted without context and brooded over in silence.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
Mr. Boehner, who resigned in 2015 under pressure from conservative Republican hard-liners, had some adjusting to do after he left the speakership, and, as recently as 2017, brooded about his purpose in life.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2019
He smiled cheerfully at Rita as she brooded.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
