mooch

Example Sentences

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While other dogs might be content to mooch off kitchen droppings, Riley prefers to eat from her own plate of human food.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

She thinks she has an answer: The friend makes a lot of money and the guy, a struggling medical student, is looking to mooch.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2024

And then I realized that he presumably never paid for them down the line; even if his intentions were good, that made him a mooch, a behavior I have never admired at all.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2022

My husband is wavering, but I think it's totally unnecessary and I don't want to spend my vacation feeling like a mooch.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022

Dotty O’Neill sent a note to your house and said you didn’t come back to school after lunch, that you went on the mooch with Paddy Clohessy.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt