was brooding
- past progressive of brood.
Example Sentences
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“Heathcliff was brooding but she said, ‘What if he wasn’t brooding?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
This was years before "Finding Forrester" or "Henry Fool;" before scribe Jughead was brooding in "Riverdale" — even before "Poetic Justice" or "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle."
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022
Meanwhile, an hour south in Daytona Beach, the Elephant was brooding.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
The trilogy’s Italian dialogue was dubbed for the English-speaking market, and the action was brooding and slow, with clichéd close-ups of gunfighters’ eyes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2020
He was brooding about whether to call home when Grover emerged, dusting himself off, though he didn’t look dusty.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
