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How to pronounce “brooding”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of brooding with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The New Science of De-extinction
This is an animal called the gastric brooding frog.
- Definition summary
- (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
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How to pronounce brooding
The New Science of De-extinction

This is an animal called the gastric brooding frog.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “brooding”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of brood
- [Noun]
- A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
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