brood
noun
a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
were brooding
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past progressiveof brood.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
They always look as if they were brooding, crouching, concentrating their energies for a convulsion.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
So while Frank was hurrying toward the village of C——, his mother and sister were brooding over the disgrace which they feared threatened them.
From Tempest and Sunshine by Mary Jane Holmes
