mope

The alternative is to mope and boo and there's no future in that.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

It was frustrating to watch Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda mope around the first two seasons, trying to find their place in a world that changed too fast for them to keep up.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025

On its surface level, however, “I Saw the TV Glow” is just about a mope.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

“I didn’t sit around and mope all day. I trusted coach. I trusted him all the way and I’m still with him. And five years later, I’m still here.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

Then us hear a car motor start Dear God, Harpo mope.

From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

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 mopes around the house, resdess, pretending to be coming down with a cold.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

A ballroom dancer who coddles his pet rats—Fred and Ginger—Declan rides a moped that his colleague, Sara Xiu, describes as “that pitiful hair-dryer on wheels.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Law enforcement officials also point out that any type of modification to e-bikes might not just be dangerous, but can also transform the e-bike into a motorcycle or moped under California law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

“To ride a motorcycle or moped, you need to have the appropriate driver’s license and comply with rules of the road.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

They could have looked around and moped that three architects of their success this season weren't there to help them now.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

Petey’s moped leaned up against the building, key in the ignition.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

He doesn’t respond to his various wake-up calls with stubborn defiance but a curiosity that shifts his moping into something akin to a geeky, fun-loving second adolescence.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

Instead of moping over the setback, Ohtani has started eyeing his next boundary-pushing maneuver: To be a leadoff hitter and high-leverage reliever in the same game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025

As macho as the protagonist of a Lifetime movie, moping like an adolescent and watching too much TV, Mr. White’s Springsteen is clearly depressed, but Mr. Cooper’s script doesn’t provide much illumination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

"My whole life turned upside down, and I spent ages moping and just sitting around," said the 34-year-old.

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025

Janae’s not crying, but she’s taking up a whole lot of space with her heavy sighs, and moping around as if she doesn’t have her whole life ahead of her.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi