Brooding
['brudɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body.
(adj.) deeply or seriously thoughtful; 'Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man'; .
Typist: Veronica--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brood
Editor: Theresa
Examples
- Listlessness to everything, but brooding sorrow, was the night that fell on my undisciplined heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The brooding Lammle, with certain white dints coming and going in his palpitating nose, looked as if some tormenting imp were pinching it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As Tarzan stood upon the threshold brooding, D'Arnot had entered the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I told her so, as she sat brooding after this outburst. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- When women are brooding over their children, or busied in a sick-room, who has not seen in their faces those sweet angelic beams of love and pity? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her brooding look, as of a mind withdrawn yet not averted, seemed to Mr. Rosedale full of a subtle encouragement. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It happened so to catch her fancy that she took it up in a low brooding voice as if she were singing in her sleep. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He was, for the most part, gay and cheerful with us; but sometimes his eyes rested on her, and he fell into a brooding state, and was silent. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I looked in, and saw him a sitting lonely by his fire, brooding over it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And she had misgivings and fears which she dared not acknowledge to herself, though she was always secretly brooding over them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The schoolmaster went his way, brooding and brooding, and a sense of being vanquished in a struggle might have been pieced out of his worried face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Only his daughter had the power of charming this black brooding from his mind. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Wildeve had been brooding ever since they started on the mean estimation in which he was held by his wife's friends; and it cut his heart severely. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When he got back, Lightwood was standing over the fire, brooding in a sufficiently low-spirited manner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They were brooding upon the mystery of the stars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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