moody
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Or you could envelop yourself in Richard Kelly’s moody “Donnie Darko,” a teen drama touched by metaphysical doominess in which plane engines fall from the sky and death wears a rabbit costume.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The soft green remains in the primary bedroom, which also features moody fabrics, such as a tapestry hanging on the wall and heavy patterned curtains.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Where Tumblr-ites dreamed of the cloistered quads and moody libraries of Princeton in the 2010s, TikTok-ers now obsess over the elaborate rituals of University of Alabama sororities.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Bella Ramsey spent many teenage years working with adults so never really went through the moody, rebellious phase often associated with being a teenager.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Mrs. Sylvester had always said that swans were terribly moody creatures.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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"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
Ms. Croft said that Angola has been “one of the moodier members, having staged multiple meeting walkouts in recent years.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Lyrically, however, it was moodier than past singles, acknowledging the quick pace of change and speaking to the power of restlessness.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022
The weather’s grown moodier since I fell asleep.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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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
He wanted to get to know Yoenis Cespedes, who is regarded around the clubhouse as the team’s moodiest, most tempestuous player.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 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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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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