mopes
Example Sentences
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He usually follows me around the house, and he mopes when I’m gone.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2022
“Maddie doesn’t listen to me,” she complains, then mopes.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021
It seems cruel to send her off to live her final years with my in-laws because she gets sad and mopes when we’re not around.
From Slate • Jan. 24, 2020
Foy’s favorite episode focuses on John and Jackie Kennedy visiting Buckingham Palace in 1961, contrasting the youth of the Kennedys with the royals’ middle-aged mopes, one couple embodying a new hope, the other a stagnation.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2017
He complains he’s getting out of shape, but then just mopes around the house and watches Star Wars for the bazillionth time.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
