brood
noun
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
brooded
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past participleof brood.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof brood.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
broodnouna number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
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
“My problem,” he writes, “was that I couldn’t completely dismiss such experiences with laughter. I brooded and tried to make sense of it beyond that provided by our ancestral wisdom.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2021
He argued not, but brooded; he was as sensible as I of the marks of her regard.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
