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

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

Like all viruses, they take over cells and force them to churn out other copies of themselves, the worst kind of mooch you can imagine.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2021

“All he does is yell. The man has a mean streak. He’s rougher on us than we ever were on all those dogs trying to mooch food out of our dumpster.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein