brood
noun
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
had brooded
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past perfectof brood.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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
Indeed, Hemingway had brooded and passed judgment upon it in print.
From Time Magazine Archive
For days the evil mountain had brooded, had hardly puffed a breath into the sky.
From Time Magazine Archive
As for Georgie Patton, the Senators, who had brooded seven months over his case, indicated that they might relent later.
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
