Sigil
The first presenting group has to set the bar high, but presenting second was close enough to the beginning to where cass didn't have to brood over it for the entire class period.
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 9
Other nights she snarled and swiped and sent him brooding to the other side of the camp. until one night, she sat up and reached her arms around the king. "is this what you want?" she said. "it's not real.
Another Eevee's Story - Chapter One
The other two trainers fell asleep, a young nidoran keeping watch for them, but the boy just stretched out in his sleeping bag, holding onto and brooding over the empty pokeball.
A secret shared
The sound of the door opening snapped him out of his brooding thoughts and he spoke at last. "hey." he said, greeting his roommate without enthusiasm, not bothering to look in his direction.
Embers of Dawn: Chapter 16: Where Magic Lives
“besides, you don’t exactly strike me as the brooding type.” a sideways glance. “…but if you _did_ brood, you’d probably look very… compelling while doing it.” “_compelling_, you say,” he echoed, voice velvet-smooth, like a bard testing a lyric.
OR: Varandions
**brooding (average # of offspring):** one or three eggs, depending on the female.
The Crown: Chapter One
"elder tethus' death was tragic, and i admit, his wisdom would be helpful," hensei brooded, as much as such a man can brood. "the question is, then, what can we do? how can we protect our people?" yang-wo asked concernedly.
The Fireborn: Cold as Hell
 â â as much as i wanted this quiet moment to last, albeit with less depression in my brood mate, it was shattered; brought down like the suddenly collapsing roof of the dome.
Alien Dreams
His attention was on me - the smell of prey mingling with the smell of, perhaps, the only entity not of the brood that had shown even a lick of worship.
Everything Or Nothing capter 7 - Late for dinner
Dark and brooding brown slitted cat eyes regared the cheetha she was table lady with for the evening.
TSB chapter 11
"cause, i want to give you a brood." chilni said with a quiet humm of victory. "did i just hear you right? did you just say you wanted to make me a dad!?!" darkfire proclaimed. "yeah, so the down side is no sex for 12 years."
Holiday Havoc, Part 1
He had retreated to his room for several days to brood. it seemed so important to his team and even at that moment he could hear the holiday music loitering in the hallway outside, seemingly never far away, no matter where on the ship he was.