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

He narrates his reporting, mumbling inanities like “A Sabbath silence brooded over the mire.”

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2022

Sansa cried herself to sleep, Arya brooded silently all day long, and Eddard Stark dreamed of a frozen hell reserved for the Starks of Winterfell.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin