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Broody
Broody meaning
Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs. | Of any creature or person: showing an interest in raising young. | Brooding, dwelling upon one's thoughts; moody.
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Example sentences (15)
Gellar said her daughter is a fan of broody, tortured Angel, while her son likes the punk-rock villain-turned-hero Spike.
Keira insists the cartoon about a cheeky little pig and her adventures makes her far from broody.
If you want a mech game that has the broody opacity of Soulsborne, filled with half-truths and skepticism about organizational and individual power, and a fiddliness about builds and loadouts, this franchise is probably the best in class.
As viewers, we tend to like origin stories; we enjoy the idea of a broody or otherwise struggling hero coming into his power in the end and saving the day.
I’ve always been fascinated by those deeply broody wideboys.
The main one of these is Ovia, which tells broody women when the best time to have sex is by tracking their menstrual cycles.
About to become a first-time mother hen, Violet becomes broody and begins preparing a nest for her eggs.
The film starred Brad Patt as Louis, a broody vampire who wished to tell his story to a writer, portrayed by Christian Slater.
They’ve made him moody and broody.
Baby Soup Dragon was brought into the Clangers' world when the Soup Dragon became broody which meant the Clangers could not get any soup.
Chicken eggs can also be hatched under a broody duck, with varied success.
Many domestic hens will also do this–and are then said to "go broody ".
Modern egg-laying breeds rarely go broody, and those that do often stop part-way through the incubation.
Most domestic ducks neglect their eggs and ducklings, and their eggs must be hatched under a broody hen or artificially.
The broody hen will stop laying and instead will focus on the incubation of the eggs (a full clutch is usually about 12 eggs).