mooning

Example Sentences

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Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2024

Bad-boy drummer Tommy Lee, known for mooning the audience and for his marriage to Heather Locklear, is a key part of the band’s hardcore image.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Footage captured the moment a terminally ill man was arrested by police officers after "mooning" at speed camera van.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2021

And so we have Peter Walsh, still mooning over the Clarissa he lost, decades earlier.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2020

It was a place to stay away from, not a place where a young girl should lay about and sip broth, even if her grandfather was mooning over her nurse.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson