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Collocations for "brooding"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "brooding" in context.

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brood

v

brood over [it]
brood on [it]
sit brooding [on, over]
sit and brood [on]
was brooding [on]
(don't) brood over [it]
the hen broods her eggs

n as adj

a brood [hen, mare, flock, herd]
brood rearing

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'brooding' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

rejection - brood

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "brooding" in the title:

an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature - English Only forum
brooding vs gloomy - English Only forum
brooding behind a green eyeshadow - English Only forum
brooding melody - English Only forum
brooding on what you have done for improvement - English Only forum
brooding over an unrequited love affair - English Only forum
brooding over the tea leaves - English Only forum
brooding sensitive - English Only forum
Brooding, velvety voice - English Only forum
Broody or Brooding - English Only forum
he’s brooding - English Only forum
Listlessness to everything, <but> brooding sorrow, was the night~ - English Only forum
Men makes more of things than they should, once they start brooding - English Only forum
the brooding genius - English Only forum
the species of pleasure [brooding] for me - English Only forum

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