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moody

[moo-dee] / ˈmu di /


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The formal dining room is to the right, while a moody sitting room with deep purple walls and coffered ceilings is to the left.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Though the dry pitch seemed good for batting, a moody morning sky convinced England captain Joe Root to field first and his new-look pace attack was outstanding once more.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“My work is predominantly Latinos — that we’re queer is part of that,” said the 62-year-old, who also snapped moody shots of patrons, often lovers, inside the bathroom stalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

This month Amazon released a moody documentary about Djokovic called “The Wolf in Winter,” which tries to explain why he’s still out there hunting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

A black-robed physician with a long, moody face was opening his door, and when he saw her approaching he said, “This is not the place for you.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

The pop star’s new album is a darker, moodier follow-up to 2024’s tender “Eternal Sunshine.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

"He's moodier," she says, adding he spends more time playing video games than before.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

“Midnights,” from 2022, was a little moodier than 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” which was a little wordier than its predecessor, but both operated within a relatively narrow template.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

This version of carrot cake is darker, denser, a little moodier.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025

The weather’s grown moodier since I fell asleep.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

He works through his grandfather’s illness and eventual demise on “God Laughs,” the moodiest and most haunting song of the project.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022

The album, their third and moodiest, was a distinct, post-punk swerve away from the hip-hop and breakbeat culture they had championed in Bristol.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019

Is it any wonder that the soundtrack of some of my moodiest college days was the second movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, with its sad and wintry string variations?

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018

Chugging guitars set the tone for the rest of the album, which is their moodiest and most energetic since the reunion with Sprout.

From Time ● Feb. 21, 2014

We are all more or less creatures of mood, some more than others, and I, alas! among the moodiest majority.

From Over the Fireside with Silent Friends by Richard King


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