had brooded
- past perfect of brood.
Example Sentences
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According to some accounts, he had brooded over a demotion from sergeant after military censors intercepted a letter deemed to be critical of the conduct of the war.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2018
Months ago, the President had pondered the grave new world, had brooded on the dread possibility of a United States of Germany which would have terrific economic striking power.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, Hemingway had brooded and passed judgment upon it in print.
From Time Magazine Archive
All summer long John Kennedy had brooded, waiting for Nikita Khrushchev to make good on his threat to get rid of "the bone in my throat" -- partitioned Berlin.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was, it occurred to him, his father’s son, and now he brooded in the same spindle-back Windsor chair his father had brooded in.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
