were brooding
- past progressive of brood.
Example Sentences
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Haim: 'We'd be taken more seriously if we were brooding and aggressive'
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
By the turn of the century, sociologists and political philosophers, students of urbanization and the power of the press were brooding about the implications of mediated experience.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her silences were brooding, insular, and yet he felt a connection to her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Both hearts were brooding over their slights and wrongs.
From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
His eyes were brooding and lifeless as he stared out the hotel window into the darkened street.
From The Snowshoe Trail by Marshall, Edison
