Broody in a sentence as a noun

Season 2 was so overly dark and broody that it was boring.

The chickens become very docile when they're broody.

We'll remove the broody hens from the coop several times a day until we break them of the habit.

In truth it seems to be just two particular hens that get broody off and on, so perhaps I was just lucky.

That's interesting, I always got the feeling that hens were more aggressive when broody.

Broody in a sentence as an adjective

"I have to go in and collect eggs, and pet on my birds to rouse them from their broody state, then force them out of the henhouse to go eat & drink.

Very broody for a few months, then disinterested, then back to broody, eating eggs for a while, ignoring them, etc.

These songs generally have a broody, even melancholic, feel laced with trance or psychedelic like aspects and there are no sharp rises or falls.

The message of Twilight is basically "be depressed and broody, and a shiny vampire with superpowers will fall eternally in love with you".

Broody definitions

noun

a domestic hen ready to brood

See also: sitter

adjective

physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen"

adjective

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";

See also: brooding contemplative meditative musing pensive pondering reflective ruminative