"Your colonel must be a good officer," he said- softly, because the brooding presence of the woods weighed on him.

And yet a brooding presence seemed to hang over the clearing, as if they were being watched from every shadow.

Forbin needed no further warnings; their brooding presence was enough.

Monty wasn't just a bull - he was a vast, brooding presence.

She saw her uncle only at mealtimes but his presence, brooding and oppressive, filled the house.

And he wanted to tell her again but was unable to do so in Cadillac's brooding presence.

The brooding presence and the dark-eyed seriousness may be authentic enough.

He sits stiffly near the edge of his chair, a brooding presence.

Long before she ever encountered the mountain, Allie was aware of its brooding presence in her soul.

He had been right, then, to think the brooding presence sat in the denser shadows.