mope

Example Sentences

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As macho as the protagonist of a Lifetime movie, moping like an adolescent and watching too much TV, Mr. White’s Springsteen is clearly depressed, but Mr. Cooper’s script doesn’t provide much illumination.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mary does get her heart bruised again by a duplicitous Yank, but this time she doesn’t mope about it.

From Salon

It was frustrating to watch Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda mope around the first two seasons, trying to find their place in a world that changed too fast for them to keep up.

From Salon

Women who weep are seen as "too emotional" while men who mope can be shamed for being soft and vulnerable, she says.

From BBC

He’s since apologized, saying, “I do town halls all around the world, and as you know, I mope sometimes.”

From Salon